So The Complete Englifh Difpenfatory. Part II.

ever it be, the Natives, it is faid,will not export any of them tillboil'd, to prevent their Culture andGrowth in other Countries. Theyare very warm, and fuppos'd toftrengthen the Memory ; whichthey cannot do, but by being verygrateful to the Nerves. They arealio reckon'd, as molt fuch Aroma-tics are, Provokers to Venery ; asthey fill the Juices with many active,fpirituous and titillating Particles.

33. Nucís Moschata, ofNutmegs, called alfo Nux Aroma-tica Myrifiica, feu Vnguen-tor'm, by Mathiolus and Clujius :the latter diftinguiihed them intoMale, which are the greater oblongfort ; and Female, which are theítvull round ones. Cafpar Bau-hine defcribes them by the Dis-tinction of Nucifla, or Nux Mof-ehata fruttu rotundo. This is amoil delicate Aromatic Fruit, andenters into our Sauce as well asour Phyfu. It is a great Comfor-ter of the Head and Stomach ; andlikewife a good Carminative, byits warm difcuffing Quality. Butit is to be ufed fparingly, for if intoo large a quantity, it will fumeup too much, and prove ofFenùvein the fame manner as Perfumes doto fome particular Conftitutions.Btmuller very much commends it,boil'd with Motherwort, in fomeAffections of the Womb, and ufedas a Bath.

34. Pi peris, oí Pepper. Ma-thiolus, the Bauhines, and otherBotanic Writers, deferibe a whitePeppei ; but what we hav» jf thatName, is bu> the black PeppermanafacturcQ by our niultriousNeighbours the Dutch, It comesfrom Malabar, Java Sunda, and

. other Parts of the t,j, y -lndies. Thereis alfo the Piper ludicum calPd Cap-ficum and Guinea Pepper, which

frows in large Pods, and is ufedy the Spaniards in their Sauces andPickles; but Medicinal Prefcriptionstake no notice of it. This is muchof the iâme nature as Cubebs, butrather hotter and drier. It enterstherefore not only into many Com-portions as a Cephalic, but aliointo Cathartics, as a Corrector ;it afliiling the Bowels the ealier toendure the Vellications of a purgingMedicine. Hoffman commends itin the Cholic, to be drank whole ina little Brandy. And our CountryPeople have got a Trick of curingAgues with a large Dole of thefame, taken juilbefore the Fit comesjbut they require good Athletic Con-ftitutions, who fubmit to be let onfire, to be cured of a contrary Ex-treme. It fometimes likewife willrelieve the Tooth-ach. The LongPepper, ufed too in Medicine, tho"not by a great deal fo much inSauces as the other, is pretty muchof the fame Virtues.

3^. Pimento: This is calledby the common People All-Spice,and indeed it has in its Tafte andFlavour fomewhat refembling moltof the Spices. It comes to us chieflyfrom Jamaica, and is geneially foldby the Name of Jamaica Pepper.It is accounud a Species of theCariophyllus Aromaticus, and byfome titled Cariophyllus Aromati-cus Americanus, laurt acuminatisfoliis, fruBu orbiculari. We meetnot with it in either antient or mo-del n Difpenfatory Compositions, un-lefs in the laft Edition of our Col-lege. But it is pretty much got in-to the Shops as a Succedantum tofome Spices which are dearer : Andfome have found a way to ufenothing elfe in the Aqua Mirabilis,tho' none of it is order'd ; and itanfwers fo well, that if it be care-fully diftill'd, and the Spirit be good,