The true preserver and restorer of health being a choice collection of select and experienced remedies for all distempers incident to men, women, and children : selected from and experienced by the most famous physicians and chyrurgeons in Europe : together with Excellent directions for cookery ... : with the description of an ingenious and useful engin for dressing of meat and for distilling th[e] choicest cordial waters with-out wood coals, candle or oyl : published for the publick good / by G. Hartman.

A very good Diet-Drinks for the perfect Cure of the Dropsie and Scurvey.

Take Wormwood, Maidenhair, Betony, A∣grimony, and Fumitory, of each a handful; red Dock Roots, and Madder Roots, of each three ounces, Polipode two ounces, Sena five ounces, Rhubarb sliced thin, two ounces, Mace, Nutmeg, Galingale and Cloves, of each two drams, Mechoacan thin sliced, Hermodactils, two ounces, Sarsaparilla four ounces; shred the Herbs, and stamp them; and bruise the Roots and Spices; put all into a Bag, and hang it in six gallons of six shilling Beer, with a pint and half of Juice of Watercresses, and two pints of Juice of Scurvigrass; and let it work toge∣ther six or seven days, and then drink thereof as oft as you please.

Note, That you must not fill the Vessel too full; for it must not work ever. You may add to the Com∣position half a pound of Horse-Radish Roots bruised.