A Sudorific Decoction or Diet-Drink.
℞. Of Sarsaparilla 2 Ounces, China∣root
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℞. Of Sarsaparilla 2 Ounces, China∣root
1 Ounce, Contrayerva and Holy-wood of each half an Ounce, crude Antimony grosly beat and tied in a knot 4 Ounces; let them be infus'd hot in 4 quarts of common water for 12 hours, then boil'd to the consumption of a third part; add towards the latter end 6 Ounces of slic'd Liquorish, with 3 Drams of Sassafras Wood.
This drink is taken three or four times a day, about six Ounces at a time, and continued for some days in Rheumatisms to attenuate the viscid roapy Serum, and in the close of the cure of a Gonorrhea, to correct and carry off the peccant Humours by Transpiration.
Prisans and Decoctions differ only in this, that the first are less loaded with In∣gredients, for being design'd for the ordi∣nary drink of sick persons, the less they are clog'd with Drugs, the more agreea∣ble and palatable they prove. They are much us'd in France, the following is the common Ptisan.