of these; but, on account of their terrestrial, and somewhat hot Parts, are violently drying; for which Crasis and Diversity of Parts, as _Myrtle_ is but gently, or hardly, hot at all, _Galen_ calls it cold. This Effect, therefore, mentioned by _Hippocrates_, evinces, that _Myrtle_ consists of very subtle Parts, and is of a highly drying Quality. I am surprized, that the Writers of the _Chinese_ History, have not determined, whether _Tea_ was beneficial for both Sexes. The same _Hippocrates_, in _Lib. 1. de Morb. Mulieb. Sect. 5. Ver. 6._ among other Things proper for expelling a corrupted _Fœtus_, prescribes _Myrtle-Berries_, _Sweet Flag_, and _Lentiles_, boiled in Wine, and, a little after, he recommends _Pessary_ of the Leaves of _Myrtle_ for the same Purpose: And in _Lib. de Natur. Muliebr. Sect. 5._ he orders the Fruit of the _Black Myrtle_ macerated in Water, and mixed up with fine Flower, to be exhibited as a Medicine for rendering the Body soluble, and opening the _Uterus_. _Galen_ also, in _Lib. 7. Med. Simpl._ informs us, "That _Myrtle_ consists of contrary and heterogeneous Substances, that a cold and terrestrial Principle, however, predominates in it, notwithstanding which, it has a certain subtile Heat, in consequence of which, it is of an highly drying Nature: That the Leaves, the Buds, the Fruit, and the Juice, have different Degrees of Astringency; that the dried Leaves are more exsiccant than such as are green; and that all Parts of the Plant are of an astringent Quality, whether used internally or externally." The same Author, in _Lib. 2. de Aliment. Facultat. Cap. 18._ affirms, that, like the Fruit of the _Juniper_, it nourishes little, though it is possessed of a contrary Quality: "For, _says he_, it is highly astringent; and, for that Reason, stops Fluxes; but its Coldness does not bear a Proportion to the Degree of its Astringency." (Circumstances which ought to be carefully adverted to in investigating the Virtues of _Tea_, the _Myrtle_, and the _Chamelæagnus_) "because it is not only astringent, but also possessed of a certain Acrimony. Besides, it is peculiar to all Aliments, possessed of a strong medicinal Quality, to lose that Quality," (which Words I would have the Reader carefully observe) "by boiling, roasting, or Maceration; after which they afford but little Nourishment, and before none at all: This holds true in Onions and Leeks." _Diascorides_, in _Lib. 1. Cap. 156_, tells us, "That the _Myrtle_ and its Seeds are of an astringent Quality; and, that the Juice expressed from the green Berries, produces the same Effects, is beneficial to the Stomach, creates a Discharge of Urine, and cures the Bites of venomous Spiders and Scorpions, if drank in Wine." He also informs us, that there are two Kinds of _Myrtles_, in like Manner as there are two Kinds of _Tea_, sent into _Europe_, by the _Chinese_. _Athenæus_, in _Deipnosophist. Lib. 15._ tells us, "That such of the