A Decoction of Agaric.
Take Agaric (sliced and tied up in a Rag) 2 drams; boil it in Water to 3 ounces adding towards the last Cloves bruised half a dram; to the Liquor when strain'd and quite cold add Scammony prepared 4 grains; Syrup of Roses solutive 1 ounce; Oil of Aniseed 1 drop; mix up for a Potion.
Its very convenient when clammy Phlegm, besmearing the Viscera, is to be purged off: And particularly, I have several times observ'd it most admirable for Green Sickness Girls, to prepare them for Chalybeates: And I have known it do good service in Cutaneous Affections. Agaric is also used to cleanse the Head and Lungs, when Evacuation is requir'd.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710