Sweet, Increasing Semen, milk, eye-sight, asthma,
obesitas, worms, and affections
of the throat.
Curing Wind and bile.
Cool and stomachic; creating appetite.
Acid, Increasing Mucus, bile, emaciation, fermentation
of the blood.
Curing Wind.
Salt, Increasing Appetite, digestion, mucus, bile,
wind, and disorders of blood.
Curing or decreasing aphrodisia, and
generally relaxant.
Light.
Bitter, Increasing Bile, wind, dryness, and heat.
Decreases Milk.
Dry and light.
Pungent, Increases Appetite and milk.
Decreases Thirst and fever.
Dry.
Astringent, Increases Wind and flatulence.
Decreases Wounds, ulcers, and laxities.
The general prescriptions and favorite formulÊ, mentioned throughout
the work, are Tonics, which preserve health, lengthen life, and
strengthen the system.
The principal secretions or humours are four in number; viz. mucus
(or phlegm), bile, wind, and blood. When three of these are said to
be increased or diminished, it is to be understood, that blood is not
to be included. In fact, it never is, unless particularly specified.