A reseit for a Diate [diet] drink

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Title: A reseit for a Diate [diet] drink
Date: 1694/1795
Description: A recipe for a drink containing a mixture of herbs and ale.
Transcript: Rx of the Roots of large English Ruburb & of the roots of mader both newly diged up of Each one pound of the hearb Egerymony Self heale water Cresies brooke lime of Each thre hand fulls 4 ounces of scance of the seeds of anas swet fenell & mustard seed of Each 4 ounces Lickerice 4 ounces bruce all these to gether put them in to a bag wth 4 handfuls of Scurvey gras. 2 handfuls of grene wormwode brused then Tun it up in a bag with 4 Galluns of strong alle
Subject: See all items with this value herbs; See all items with this value mustard seeds; See all items with this value scurvy grass (cochlearia officinalis); See all items with this value rhubarb; See all items with this value anise; See all items with this value liquorice; See all items with this value brooklime (veronica beccabunga); See all items with this value self-heal (prunella vulgaris); See all items with this value madder (rubia tinctorum); See all items with this value agrimony (Agrimonia); See all items with this value watercress (nasturtium officinale); See all items with this value medicinal plants
Contributor: Ochsner, Elizabeth; Le, Vincent
Source: Elizabeth Fairfax cookbook, Collection #C0202, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Publisher: George Mason University Libraries
Rights: Public domain. There are no known restrictions.

Item sets: Fairfax Cookbook; Health and Medicine