Sed. 8.

Of Cathartics.

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Clafs 2. Of the Rougher Purger s.

Julia, Herbs or Leaves of,

468. ChAM/EDAPHNES,

Spurge Laurel, is the Laureola oí

■ Gerrard and Parkin/on ; diltinguifhed

by C. Bauhine, Semper vtrens flore

•viridi; and by J. Bauhine, ______

fore luteolo. It grows in Woodsand Hedges, and floweis in Februa-ry. It is very hot, and vehementlypurges bilious and watry Humours.„p ,w-Another Species of the Laureola isrtc< --T called Cham&Ua, or Mezereon, thetÙTJl s ï ur i e Olive, and accounted of theTémale kind, as the preceding isthe Male. This is cultivated in Gar-dens, and hath the fame Virtues asthe former. The Thymeha, Spurge-Flax, is alfo of the fame Ciafs, andto be met with in the Phyflc Gar-dens. The Berries of this laft havethe fame Virtues, and are the GranaCuidta of the Shops, according tothe Opinion of the moil skilfufßo-tamfts amongft the Antients; butCordus and Schroder will have theofficinal Grana Cnidia to be theBerries of the Mezereon : but noneof thefe are now much ufed in Me-dicine.469. L 1 m 1 Cathartic 1,

Purging Flax, titled ------ . Sylveflre,

byfome; and ------ Fratenfe flofcu-

hs exiguis, by C. Bauhine; by Clu-ftui, Chamdinum flore albo; andby J. Bauhine, Aljine Verna glabraflofculis albis, feu potins Linum mini-mum. This is own'd in Medicineonly by the common People. Itis a rough harih Purge, and pow-erfully deterges and evacuates vifcidand watry Humours, from the moftremote Lodgments. This makesthem fond of it in Rheumatifins, butit is only fit for very robuit ftron°-ConTtitutioas. It is ufually infus'd

or boil'd in Ale or Wine ; what theycall a fmall Handful, in a fufficientQuantity of Liquor, being the ufualDofc.

Semina, Seeds of,

470. CataputijE. Thereare two foi ts of this ; the Catapit-tia major, which is the Ricinus Ame-ricanus of Fifo, and by feme calledPalma Chrifli; and the— —Minor,or Lachens, which is a Species ofTithymal, or Spurge : but both thefeagree in a violent purgative Qua-lity, fo that they are leldom ven-tured on but by Empirics. The laftof thefe is by feme, tho falielyfays C. Bauhine, called Granadilla.Thefe are violent Furgers. both byVomit and Stool; and thereforehardly ever met with in Practice,unlefs amongft Empirics, and Pej-fons of no Credit.

Fruclus, Fruits of,

47I. CoLOCYNTHIDIS, Bit-ter-Apple, diftinguifhed Fruclu ro-tundo minor, bv C. Bauhine. Thishas been a Drug of mighty accountin Medicine for many Ages. ItsRoughnefs and Violence of Opera-tion has always tortured the feveralHands it has pafs'd through, to de-termine in what parr of its Com-polition this Quality rciidod, thatthey might the better know howto correa and mitigate it. By femeit feems to reiide in certain reii-nous Particles, which feoneft joinwith a fpirituous Menflruum, andtherefore make fuch Infaiion tooviolent; for which reafon they direélmore aqueous Diflblvents, and fuchas are capable of uniting with Saltof Tartar, which .would feparats

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