SEeing this depends of serous hu∣mors, fallen into the Abdomen; and seeing the vertue of the Elder is to exsiccate and draw water from the belly by the consent of Dioscorides and all Physicians; there is no man that doth not perceive that the Elder is of great vertue in this disease.
First then boil in Wine, in a close vessel, those middle barks of the El∣der, with one or two Jews-ears; swee∣ten the decoction; and for some days give it to the diseased party morning and evening to drink.
Some praise this; Take of the mid∣dle bark subtilly grated, as much as