Cache-Control: public, max-age=1024000 Buchan's Domestic Medicine : Attenuating Gargle.

Attenuating Gargle.

Take of water, six ounces; honey, one ounce; nitre, a drachm and a half. Mix them.

This cooling gargle may be used either in the inflammatory quinsey, or in fevers, for cleansing the tongue and fauces.

William Buchan
Domestic Medicine 2nd edition 1785