A Draught for Gravel.
Take Juice of Parsly 1 ounce and half; Brandy half an ounce; Oil of Aniseed 2 drops; Spirit of Salt Armoniac 8 drops; white Sugar 2 drams, mix.
It provokes Urine, potently expels pituitous Filth, granulating Tartar, Gravel and Sand. But where there is a larger Stone than can pass the parts, these strong Provokers must be by all means forborn, lest if it lie in the Kidney, they (by forcing it into the Ureter, and plugging up its passage as as close as with a Cork) occasion a fatal suppression of Urine. And if it be in the Bladder, lest they scour and wash off the viscid Mucus, which casing over and sheathing up as 'twere, its pricking Asperities, made it lie soft and easy before; and also lest it disturb and dislodg the Stone (that rested quiet in its place) and cause it to rowl and rub, and excoriate, and so excite a most terrible, cruel Paroxysm.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710