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

Subject

See all items with this valuecardamom

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See all items with this valuefennel

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See all items with this valuetuberculosis

See all items with this valueremedies (health)

See all items with this valuemedicinal plants

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.