Mrs Listers Purging Drink for the Kings Evell

Item

Title
Mrs Listers Purging Drink for the Kings Evell
Creator
Mrs. Lister
Date
1694/1795
Description
A remedy for the Kings Evell (tuberculosis). Includes coriander seeds, cardamon seeds, sweet fennel, anise seeds, sassafras, senna, rhubarb, and licorice; these are steeped in water over night and then boiled.
Transcript
Take Coriander seeds Cardimum seeds sweet fenill and anis Seeds of Each an ounce - of Sasifress 3 ounces Sena 4 ounces powder of Ruburb one ounce Mecoacum one ounce sweten it with luicorish steep all theas in six quarts of watter all Night next day boyl it in an Earthen vesell well Covered for 2 or 3 howrs thn drink a pint Every morning
Contributor
Cheston, Jarissa
Le, Vincent
Grimm, Stephanie
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.