Doron medicum, or, A supplement to the new London dispensatory in III books : containing a supplement I. to the materia medica, II. to the internal compound medicaments, III. to the external compound medicaments : compleated with the art of compounding medicines ... / by William Salmon ...

Of DIƲRETICKS.

32. Diuretica are such Me∣dicines, as purge downwards, and by Urine. Or, Diuresis or Ʋrination, is the drawing of Humors out of the Body, by Medicines provoking U∣rine.

33. They are given in Dis∣eases of the Reins and Bladder; in Dropsies, Scurvies, water∣ish Diseases of the Blood, Obstructions of the Urine by Gravel, Stones, Slime, Mat∣ter, Stoppage of the Terms, Cachexia, Greek-sickness, &c.

34. They are also ducly ad∣ministred in all such Diseases as are evacuated by little and little; and where the Hu∣mors are thick and adust, and ought to be made fluid.

35. But they ought not to be given to bodies full of ill humors, unless they are first abated by Purgation; lest, by then Thickness and Plenty, while they rush head-long in∣to the narrow Passages, they should stop them, and so make the Obstructions greater.

36. Neither are they to be given in dry Diseases, such as Consumption, Madness, &c. nor where the Passages are either exulcerated or infla∣med: Nor ought they to be mixed with Perfumes, (if gi∣ven to Women) lest they be drawn to the Womb. See cap. 9. Sect. 22. aforegoing.