A Decoction of Raisins.
Take Raisins of the Sun stoned, and chopped small 4 ounces; boil in good drinking Water 3 pints to 1 quart; and stain.
Its a good pleasant Drink in Fevers to quench Thirst, it also serves very well in Distempers of the Breast and Spleen. If you mix it with an equal quantity of Lime Water, you'l have a singular good Remedy against Catarrhous Affections, that may somtimes stop the Progress of a Comsumption.
If you infuse in it Senna 2 ounces; you'l have a fine Laxative very particularly beneficial to Hypochondriac Persons that are Costive.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710