2. Splenetic Pills.
Take Ens Veneris 4 scruples; Saffron, long Pepper, Virginia Snake root, Spikenard, each 1 scruple; Galbanum 4 scruples, with Tincture of Myrrh, make 24 Pills.
These are much hotter than the former, and so are fitter for a cold lumpish Constitution.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710