Sylbius's Pills.
Take Gum Ammoniac strained 2 scruples; Vitriol of Mars (gently calcined to Whiteness) 1 scruple; Myrrh, Castor, each 15 grains; Saffron half a scruple; Troches of Alhandal 1 dram; Resin of Falap, Scammony prepared, each 1 scruple; Oil of Fennel 5 (347,348) drops; Elixir of Propriety, as much as sufficient, to make the Mass into 50 Pills.
They are mainly serviceable, to cut viscid Phlegm, discuss Wind occasioned thereby, and kindly purge it off. I have used these often, and asteem them much.
Let the Patient take three, or more at Bed-time. Or he may take five in the Morning, or as many as shall be found agreeable to his constitution, so as to evacuate vicious Humours gently and denignly.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710