A Decoction for Glysters.
Take Mallows 2 handfuls; Violet leaves, Groundsel, each 1 handful; Camomile flowers, Flax-seed, each 2 drams; sweet Fennel- seed half an ounce; make a Decoction in Water 1 pint and half to 1 pint; which strain out for use.
It differs little from the common Decoction in the London Dispensatory, but because Beets, Pellitory of the Wall and Mercury, may not be always at Hand; and are of no value if kept dry: I thought it worth setting down, as more parable and sooner got ready.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710