A Decoction of Burdock.
Take Burdock Roots 4 ounces; Chamaepitys 4 handfuls; boil in Water 3 pints to 28 ounces; strain and add Magistral Worm Water 4 ounces; Spirit of Scurvy Grass, Elixir Proprietatis Tartaris'd, each 2 drams, mix.
It's design'd against the Gout, for by reason of its Stomachick Virtue, it corroborates the Ventricle and Intestines, and prevents the morbifick Matter from falling on them. By reason of its Digestive Faculty, it keeps the Blood in a due mixture,and hinders its Fusion. By reason of its Neurotick quality it comforts the Nerves, and restrains the raging Excandescence of the Spirits. And lastly, by reason of its Diuretick force, it drains off the Arthritic Humours by Urine, and so secures them from rushing into the Joints.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710