A Rhubarb Potion.
Take powdered Rhubarb 1 scruple (or half a dram); Mint or Cinnamon water, each 1 ounce and half; Oil of Nutmeg 2 drops; Syrup of dried Roses 6 drams, mix.
It happily cures a flux of the Belly, by recreating the weak Intestines, moderately correcting their Slipperiness, and gently drawing down and carrying forth the acrid material Cause.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710