The London dispensatory, reduced to the practice of the London physicians wherein are contain'd the medicines, both Galenical and chymical, that are now in use ... / by John Pechey ...

Compound syrup of Elder berries, in Latin, Syrupus Sambucinus Compositus.

Take of ripe Elder-berries freed from the stalk•• two pound, of Corinthian Currants cleansed and cu•• one pound, of the dryed flowers of Borrage, Bug∣loss, Violets, and red Roses, each half an ounce, Red wine a quart, bake them in an Oven, and to the clear liquor strained, add as much fine Sugar as will equal it in weight and boil it to a Syrup.

Virtues. This Syrup is Alexipharmick, and Sudo∣rifick, is good in Dropsies, for the Scurvy, and heat of Ʋrine.

Dose. A spoonful of it may be taken in ale or beer ••r any other proper liquor, every morning for the ••pace of one month.