A Purging Diet Drink | ||||
Take of Garden Scurvey Grass* Six Handfulls, Water |
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Brooklime of each Four Handfulls, Peach-Blossoms four Handfulls, | ||||
Nettle Tops and Fumitory of each three Handfulls Monks rhubarb* | ||||
Four Ounces, Sena Four Ounces, China two Ounces. Sarsaparilla* | ||||
three Ounces, Rhubarb One Ounce, Coriander & Sweet Fennel Seeds, | ||||
of each half an Ounce, Cut the Hearbs, Slice the Roots, Bruise the | ||||
Seeds, put them in a thin Bag, and hang them in Four Gallons | ||||
of Small Ale, after three days drink a Pint of it every morning | ||||
be regular in Diet; eat Nothing Salt or Sower Sowre | ||||
6. Handfulls of Scurvy Grass | ||||
Water Cresses } each | ||||
Brooklime } Four | ||||
Peach Blossoms } Handfulls | ||||
Nettle Tops } of each | ||||
Fumitory } Three | ||||
} handfulls | ||||
Monks Rubarb 4.oz | ||||
Sena 4.oz | ||||
China 2.oz | ||||
Sarsaparilla 3.oz | ||||
Rubarb 1.oz | ||||
Coriander } each | ||||
Sweet Fennell Seeds } ½ oz | ||||
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Transcribed by JM and CTW