A Refrigerating Infusion.
Take green Fig leaves 1 ounce; common Daisy roots 6 drams; Contrayerva 2 drams; Spring water 1 pint; brandy 2 ounces; Salt of Tartar 1 scruple; make a warm and close Infusion, which strain and edulcorate with Sugar.
Its use is to referate the too close compages of the Blood, that it may shed off its Serum and other Recrements.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710