A Carminative Electuary.
Take powder'd Golden rod, Vervain, Savory, Marjoram, Thyme, Anniseed, each 1 dram; common Rosin 6 drams; Mithridate half an ounce; clarify'd-Honey 2 ounces, or as much as needs, mix.
It corrects both crude and acrid Humors, warms the Stomach, promotes Urine. It hath been kept as a Family Medicine in a Gentleman's House, and is a notable experimented thing against windy pain in the Stomach, and flatuous Stitches in the Side. The Dose from 2 drams to half an ounce twice a day.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710