An Infusion of Rhubarb compound.
Take Rhubarb sliced thin 2 drams; yellow Mirobalans bruised 1 dram; Salt of Wormwood 15 grains; Plantain and Cinnamon water, each 2 ounces; infuse warm and close a Nights space, then having strain'd it out, add Oil of Aniseed 1 drop; Syrup of Roses solutive half an ounce; (or 6 drams) mix.
Sometimes where there are Gripes, I prescrib'd thus.
Take Rhubarb 2 drams, Brandy 1 ounce and half, Cinnamon Water 1 ounce; Infuse (over hot Coals) and Hour; to the strained, add Syrup of Roses solutive 1 ounce, Oil of Nutmeg 1 drop, powdered Rhubarb half a scruple, mix.
It evacuates slimy, bilious, or any other Matter that offends, and provokes the Intestines; takes away the Gripes, dissipates Wind, roborates the Bowels, corrects their Lubricity, fortifies their Tone, and so is throughly furnished with all Requisites, rightly and rationally, to stop and cure a Diarrhea.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710