CHAP. 15. Of Medicines provoking the Terms.
THose Medicines have a great affinity with those before going.
For such as provoke the Terms, provoke also U∣rine, their Nature is almost the same, viz. Hot and of thin essence.
Only thus much, to provoke the Terms not only the Blood is to be attenuated, but the mouths of the Vessels also to be opened.
Such as open those Vessels carry a certain terrene quality with them, whereby they not only penetrate, but also penetrating dilate the Vessels, and carry a∣way the filth with them.
Things provoking the Terms ought to be hot in the third Degree, and yet not very dry.
That there is an appointed time for the Terms to come down: every Woman that is but sixteen years old can tell you.
Be sure you administer the Medicine at the time they should come down, else you will do no other good than weaken Nature.
Neither must those things be neglected which may bring the Body into a fit temper for such a busi∣ness
If the Body be full of ill humors, purge them out first before you administer hot things, lest you 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the crude humors into the Veins.
By avoyding the Menstruis the Body is made ligh∣ter, and nature disburthened, health 〈◊〉〈◊〉, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 procured.
The retaining of them breeds Dropsies, Falling∣sickness, and other cruel Diseases, yea sometimes Madness.
Hippocrates denies any Women have the Gout so long as they have the Terms