Bate.] ℞ Of the best Sena ℥i. Cloves ʒiss. Saffron ʒj. Spanish Wine chalybeated lbiss infuse for some days, then ex∣press and filter. Dose two three, or four spoonfuls eve∣ry day, for a long time, a∣gainst stubborn Feavers, &c.
Salmon.] § 1. This is a good Medicine, and in some Constitutions may work well enough; but for the gene∣rality, being made up in this Proportion, you will find it but a slow Purger.
§ 2. If you would have it more effectual to purge, you must make it thus: ℞ Sherry-Wine lbiss. Sena ʒxv••ij. Cloves, Saffron, A. ʒj. Salt of Tartar ʒss. mix, digest twelve days, then strain out, filter, and keep it for use. This quantity will be enough for six or seven Doses.
§ 3. It is a general Purger, and besides its usefulness in stubborn and rebellious Fea∣vers and Agues, it is a Re∣medy, approved by manifold Experiments against Gouts of all sorts, tho' of never so long standing, Sciatica's, Rheu∣matisms, Scurvy, (even when it is become scandalous) Drop∣sies of all kinds, Jaundice, and all other Diseases proceeding either from Obstructions, or from a cold, moist, watery, slimy, mucilaginous, or tar∣tarous matter.
§ 4. It enters readily into the Mass of Blood, purifies it, and expels the morbifick cause of Diseases, almost to a Miracle, I speak what I know of it, by daily Practice: and therefore commend it to the honest Country-man, as a Medicament worth his ta∣king notice of.