A Pectoral Plaister.
Take Tacamahacca strained half an ounce; Yellow Wax 2 drams; melt together, and add powdered Benjamin, Storax Calamite, each I dram; Saffron half a scruple; Oil of Aniseed 8 drops; Oil of Nutmeg, Cloves, each 4 drops; mix artificially.
It warms, attenuates, discusses, roborates, comforts the Thoracic Muscles, when cloged up and hindered in their Motion, By a tough cold, Phlegmatic, or Lymphatic Colluvies; and is then especially of use, when the violence of Coughing hath made the Breast sore and tender, and painful.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710