Cache-Control: public, max-age=1024000 Pharmacopoeia Extemporanea: A Balsamick Decoction

A Balsamick Decoction.

Take Malaga Raisins stoned and chop'd to pieces 2 ounces; Roots of Sarsa, China, Liquorice, each half an ounce; Shavings of Hartshorn and Ivory, each 2 drams; Tops of St. Johns Wort 1 handful; boil in fine clear Barly Water 3 pints to 30 ounces; adding (when its half boiled) Balsam of Tolu 3 drams; when its cold, strain, and add Syrup of Raspberries 2 ounces; Balsam of Peru 8 drops; Oil of Nutmeg 2 drops, mix.

Mastick 6 drams may be added as it is boiling.

Its given to good purpose in a Consumption; for as much as it corrects acrid Ichor, emptieth the stuffed Bronchia, dissipates crude Tubercles, and healeth ruptured Vessels. The usual Dose, is a quarter of a pint, 2 or 3 times a Day a little warm'd, for things that are actually cold, injure the Lungs, when they are tender and wounded.

Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710