Decoctum Violatum purgans, or a purging Decoction of Violets.
Take leaves of Sena two ounces, Fenil seeds and acid
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Take leaves of Sena two ounces, Fenil seeds and acid
Tartar, of each half an ounce; dryed Violet flowers, and the best Rhubarb, of each a dram and a half; white Ginger and Cinamon, of each a dram; Galangal the less and Cloves, of each half a dram. Let them infuse all night in Fumitory water warm, in the morning boil them a little, and afterward strain it, and take of the clear strained Liquor ten ounces, Syrup of Succory with Rhubarb and Syrup of the juyce of Violets, Syrup of the juyce of Sorrel and Oxysaccharum simple, of each an ounce. Mix them and make a Potion, which divide into four equal parts for four doses.
Virtue and Use. It is good in Tertian and Quoti∣dian Feavers, &c. and gently purgeth all humors that offend, it is likewise an excellent Remedy for the Stone. And is given in the running Gout, Scur∣vy, Sciatica, and such like diseases, and is to be con∣tinued four mornings successively.