A Decoction of hounds-Tongue.
Take Hounds-Tongue leaves 2 handfuls; Liquorice half an ounce; Raisins 2 ounces; boil in Water 2 pints and half to 30 ounces; adding at last, Anniseeds half an ounce; to the strain'd Liquor add Diacodium 2 ounces; mix.
Its an excellent thing, and well accommodated for a Cough, roughness of the Trachea, and all the Distempers of the Chest, and Organs of Breathing, arising from sharp Rheums. Let a quarter of a pint be taken twice or thrice a day.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710