A Decoction against Scrophule.
Take Herb Robert, white Horehound, Smalage, Agrimony, each 1 handful; Dill seed half an ounce; boil in Water 3 pints to 1 quart, and strain.
This was communicated to me as a Specific, but I never used it. 'Tis said, it penetrates into the inmost recesses of the Body, after a very peculiar manner, visits the Glands, rectifies their Crasis and depraved Ferment, attenuates the Feculent Juices, and then casteth them out. Let a quarter of a pint be taken twice a Day for an whole Month, washing and squeezing out into every Morning Dose 40 Millepedes, tied up in a rag.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710