APOPHLEGMATISMS, are Medicaments, chewed in order to draw away Phlegm, and Humours from the Head and Brain. See MASTICATORY.
Of this kind is Tobacco; which is as excellent for abating that it spoils the Teeth; and Sage has almost the same Virtues without the same Defects. The Word comes from the Greek ἀπό (apo) and φλέγμα (phlegma).
APOPHLEGMATISMS
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