Aqua Lithontriptica, or a Water for the Stone.
Take the kernels of Cherries and Peaches, of each ten ounces; bitter Almonds five ounces, flowers of Elder and Acacia, of each three ounces; roots of Burnet, Resthar∣row, Vervain, Eryngo and common Mallows, of each an ounce; chips of Ashen-tree, the stony part of Medlars, Goats blood prepared, Cinnamon, the lesser Galangal, Perch-stone and Crabs eyes, of each six drams; Bay∣berries busked, Iuniper-berries, Winter-cherries, of each half an ounce; leaves of Ground-Ivy three drams, seeds of white Saxifrage, and Roman Nettles, seeds of Bur∣dock, Parsley, Broom, Gromel, Carrots, of each a dram: Let all be cut and bruised, and put into six∣teen pound of Malmsey Wine, and digested fourteen days, often shaking the Vessel, and afterward distil them in Balneo.
Virtue, Use, and Dose. It is given for the Stone of all kinds, but chiefly in the Reins and Bladder, where it potently breaks and dissipates it, and from thence wonderfully expels the long detained Sand with the Urine. It easeth the pains of the Loyns, and in an instant opens the passage in the Strangury and Dy∣sary. The dose is from one ounce to two in the mor∣ning fasting, either by it self or with appropriate Syrups.