A Lenitive Potion.
Take Cream of Tartar powdered 2 scruples first dissolve it over the Fire in Elder flower water 4 ounces; then dissolve Manna I ounce and half in the same; and strain, and Syrup of Roses solutive half an ounce for one Dose.
It's a pleasant tasted, and very gentle Medicine to loosen the Belly, and empty it a little.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710