Spiritus Vini Pectoralis, or a Pectoral Spirit of Wine.
Take small Raisons and Aniseeds, of each four oun∣ces; Lohoch sanum & expert. and Pine-nuts, of each two ounces; extracted juyce of Liquorish an ounce and a half, Conserve of flowers of Hyssop, Violets and Com∣frey, of each an ounce; Cinamon six drams, species of Diatragacanth frigid. Diaireos simple, Diarrhodon Ab∣batis, of each half an ounce; Cardamoms the less, Ori∣ental Saffron, Mace, of each a dram and a half; Mai∣denhair, Horehound, of each a dram; flowers of Marsh∣mallows, Clotsfoot and Sage, of each half a dram. All being bruised and mixed, let them infuse eight days in eight pound of simple Spirit of Wine, then dist••l in Balneo, and the abstracted Liquor edulcorate with white Sugar Candy.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. It is of excellent use in cold Catarrhs, diseases of the Breast, Cough, old Asth∣ma's and difficulty of Breathing. The dose is from one spoonful to two. It also purgeth and cleanseth the Breast from all thick and viscid Humors, and opens all Obstructions there.