7% The Complete Engliíh T) i fp en fat or y. Part II.

Nerves as (bon as they come at ':m.And 'lias ¡t is, chat the Hffluiiz orSreams or Flowers, Fruits, and allthings deem'd Cordial, ophite up-on the Organs cf Smelling.

By the lame we may ealily con-ceive how all tholè thngs affectthe Body, which are rang'd in thefollowing Clafs. For by the Pun-gency of fuihSjbir.arice3 both uponthe Tafte and Smell, it is manifeftthey arc ftock'd with many fabtileFarts, which by their Finencfs, whendiffolv'd by Digeftion, and mix'dwith the animai Fluids, are rooft fitto enter into the flendereft Fibres,and recruit that Wafte their conti-nual Mocions makeof their neceflaryMoiftures. Thus all Aromatics andfweet-flavour'd Ingredients have atitle to this Rank ; and more or lefsconduce to this End, ia p oportionto the Subtility and Volatility oftheir component Parts. And thuswhen we lay, iiichathing comfortsthe Heart, ftrengthens the Brain, oris a Cephalic, we underfland thatit is fuitable to make a part of thenervous Fluid, and maintain the dueVigour and Motion of the Solids.As a Conftitution becomes weak byAge, artificial Helps, by which weunderitand all that is ufed as Me-dicine, are more and more need-ful : For when the digeftive Facul-ties grow languid, and are not ableto furnifh a due Supply from ufualDiet, for the Waftes that are dailymade in the Animal OEconomy,then thelë Auxiliaries arc the morewanted. And whatibevcr Meansat any times occafion a Diftempe-rature in this Fluid, fuch Affiftancesas come under this Denominationare neceflary ; they being fitted byd«grecs to wear out fuch undueMixtures, and invigorate the wholenervous Syfteni, by a. new Supplyof Spirits.

Upon ano h ,• a-coijnr likewiícir is. rhat fèvcral Subftanccs comein o xhis&iifs. .«fides tnofethatlup-ply the deficiency of the animal Spi-rits ; and thefe ate (uch as huve adetei five Quality, join'd with fùch-àStimulus, that altho' they ire/oo fineto be perceptible any where eliè,yet when they enter imo the finallFibres, by their little Vellicarions,they irritate their Vibrations, andprevent any ufelefs iNlatterfiom lodg-ing in their Interdices, and cloggingtheir Motions. This Quality whenit is in grofllr Bod'es, paffê« underother Denominations ; and mayprove a Vulnerary Diuretic, or thelike, according to the different Tex-ture of the Sujftances wherein it re-nies. There are likewife under thisHead, Dryers, or Abforbents, byreafon they prevent thofe iùperfiu-ous Moiftures, which the Nerves arcfrequently ove. charg'd with, and oc-cafio .1 fjitums, with many other In-conveniences attending the Glands-;partícula: ly about the Head, wherethey are large and numerous, andvery apt to be affected.

Folia, Herbs :

i.Asclepiadis, Swallow-wort.Diofcoritles hath it by this Name,and it is the Vincetoxicttm of Ma-thiolus : but known moll by theName of Hirundinaria, whence theEngliflj Term . It grows in Woods,on a gravelly and fàndy Soil, andflowers in July and Augufl. ItsRoot and Seed are moft in ufe,and recommended for their dryingand warming Qualities, which rankthem amongft Alexipharmics andCefhalics. Antiently a diftilled Wa-ter, and an Extract were made ofthis Plant ; but modern Practicehath rejected them.

2. Be tonic je, Eetony. SomeBptaniits give aifo ' this Name to

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