Nutmeg Powder compound.
Take Nutmegs half an ounce; Cinnamon 2 drams; Mace, Cloves Marjoram, Betony, Rosemary, Lavender flowers, each 1 dram, make all into a Powder.
Verzascha saith, this Powder useth to be kept in the Stops at Basil in Swisserland. It roborates the Stomach, helps Digestion, comforts the Brain, and is of egregious use whensoever the Head suffers by Sympathy from the Stomach. Let 1 dram be taken after Meals, and at Night, immediately before Sleep.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710