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A Decoction of Barberry Rinds.

Take Barberry rinds, Turmerick, each half an ounce; Celandine 4 handfuls; Goose-dung (tied up in a rag) 2 ounces; boil in Water 2 pints and half, towards the last adding White Wine half a pint; Saffron 1 scruple; reduce it to 1 quart, and strain it out.

This is a good Medicine against the Jaundise. Its Dose 4 ounces; together with Syrup of the 5 opening Roots, and Oxymel of Squills, each 3 drams; twice a Day.

Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710