Cache-Control: public, max-age=1024000 Pharmacopoeia Extemporanea: A Scorbutic temperate Expression

A Scorbutic temperate Expression.

Take Brooklime, Water Cresses, Dandelion, Cleavers, each 4 handfuls; Oranges cut to pieces with their peel 4; stamp and add white Wine, Elder flower water, each 1 pint; when they have stood a while, strain out the Liquor, which when clear, pour off, and sweeten with Sugar to make it palatable.

Its very advantageous for those Scorbutic People, that are of an hot Constitution, and apt to be troubles with Erratic Flushings, hectic Heats, and wasting of Flesh. Let 4 ounces be drank twice a day.

Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710