A Pacific Decoction.
Take white Poppy Heads (without the seeds) 1 ounce, cut and boil in Water 3 pint to 28 ounces; adding at last, dried Cowslip flowers 2 drams; in the strained Liquor dissolve Diascordium 2 drams; Syrup of Meconium 3 ounces; Syrup of Lemons 1 ounce, mix.
Its more temperature, than Laudanum; easeth Pains, quieteth a tickling Cough; procureth Sleep, and is given to 3 or 4 ounces.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710