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| To make Daffy’s Elixir | ||||
| Take of Elecompane*-Roots Sliced}of each} Put all these in a Glass Bottle | ||||
| & Liquorish Slic’d }2 oz } of a Gallon, adding to it 3 quarts | ||||
| Annaseeds } of White Annaseed water: Stop the | ||||
| Coriander Seeds} of each } Bottle, and let it stand infusing four | ||||
| Carraway Seeds } 2 oz } days, stirring it Strongly three or four | ||||
| Oriental } } |
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| Senna } of each 2 oz } and put it into Bottles corked very well. | ||||
| Guaiacum Bruised} } You must take it Morning and Evening | ||||
| Rubarb. 1 oz } three Spoonfulls going to Bed, and | ||||
| Saffron. One Dram } as much in the Morning, according as | ||||
| Raisons of the Sun stoned One Pound } you find it work. I Requires not much | ||||
| Care in Diet, not keeping within: But you must keep Warm and Drink | ||||
| something after it hs Work’d- | ||||
| This Elixir is excellent good for the Colick, the Gravel in the | ||||
| Kidneys, the Dropsy, the Griping of the Gutts, or any Obstruction | ||||
| in the Bowels-It purgeth Two or Three times a day. | ||||
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Transcribed by CTW and JMCN