Iuice of Licorice: Of Licorice there are two kinds, viz. the Spanish and the Eng∣lish, though much of the same Virtues. The Spanish Juice is made by boiling the Juice to a thickness, or inspissating it by Evaporation, and then making it up into Rolls or Cakes, which they wrap up in Bay-leaves, and that which is best good breaks free, and is clear and shining like Jet. The English Juice is made in∣to round Balls, and is gene∣rally a Composition made of the Juice and the Pulp of Prunes, and so inspissated to a Body.
It is one of the greatest Pectorals, good against Coughs, Colds, Hoarsness, Wheesing' Difficulty of Breathing, Short∣ness of Breath, stuffing of the Lungs, Breast, and Sto∣mach; also for Ulcers in the Kidneys, sharpness of Urine, and the Corrosion of the Blad∣der: It helps Expectoration, lenifies roughness, loosens the Bellies of Children, and takes away the Gripings and other Pains. It helps to overcome and remove the Effects, many times left behind, of strong and sharp Purgers.
To make an aqueous Tin∣cture of Licorice take this Rule: Take Spanish Juice very thin sliced, or bruised to pieces in a Mortar, one ounce, fair Water three quarts, Salt of Tartar three drams: mix and put all these into a glass Body digested over a very gen∣tle Heat twenty four Hours, and a pure Tincture will arise into the Water, leaving all the Faeces, or earthy sub∣stance behind in the same form or shape it was put in: Beware you shake it not, but decant the pure clear Li∣quor for use, and cast away the Faeces. It wonderfully sweetens the Blood, and is excellent in the Scurvy and French-Pox.