Cache-Control: public, max-age=1024000 Pharmacopoeia Extemporanea: Fracastorius's Decoction

Fracastorius's Decoction.

Take Diascordium 6 drams; Alexiterial Milk Water 10 ounces; boil to 8 ounces; strain and add Mint Water half an ounce; strong Cinnamon Water 2 ounces; Syrup of Meconium 1 ounce and half; mix up for 3 Doses.

This has even Divine Vertues against a Diarrhea, for it most potently (and almost beyond any thing else) stills and stops sick Fits, Anguish, Griping Tortures and rage of the Ventricle and Intestines: Its of notable use, especially in such Fevers, as are accompanied with a Symptomatic Flux of the Belly.

Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710