A Stiptic Decoction.
Take roots of Nettle and Comfrey, each 1 ounce and half; Herbs Yarrow, Plantain, each 1 handful; Pomgranate peel, Gum Arabick, each 2 drams; Seeds of white Poppy, Henbane, each 3 drams; boil in Water 3 pints to 28 ounces; strain and add Sugar of Lead 1 scruple; Astringent Crocus of Mars 4 scruples; Syrup of dried Roses 4 ounces, mix.
It contemperates the acrid, incrassateth the thin, and refrigerates the hot boiling Blood: It strengthneth the Tone, corrugates the Fibres, and closeth up the Mouths of the Vessels, and hath place in all manner of Hemorrhagies. Let a quarter of a pint be given twice a day.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710