A Bag for the Side.
Take Bay-berries, Seeds of Cummin, Fenugreek, and Camomile Flowers, each 1 handful; Bran, Salt, each 2 handfuls: This may serve to put into 2 Bags.
Let these be made hot, and applied alternately to the side, when outwardly pained. But if there be bloody Spitting, we must beware of hot Applications.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710