A Scorbutic Gargle.
Take Madder roots 1 ounce; Pellitory of Spain, Winters Cinnamon, each 2 drams; Honey suckle leaves, Sage, Sanicle, Columbines, each 1 handful; boil in Lime water 2 pints and half to 28 ounces; to the strain'd add Spirit of Scurvy grass half an ounce; Honey of Roses 4 ounces; mix.
It freeth the Gums and other parts of the Mouth, from the nasty foulness of the Blood and Saliva, occasioning in Scorbutic Persons, Corruption, Putrefication and Stench. And it drieth and healeth up the little Ulcers occasion'd thereby.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710