A Splanchnic Decoction.
Take Turmerick bruised 1 ounce; Rhubarb, Spikenard, each 1 dram; Kernels of Ash keys half an ounce; Agrimony, Ceterach, each 1 handful; Tamarisk tops 2 handfuls; boil in Water 3 pints to 24 ounces; strain and add Magistral Worm Water, Syrup of the 5 opening roots, each 4 ounces; Spirit of Scurvy grass 2 drams, Elixir Proprietatis Tartarised 1 dram, mix.
It putteth the Blood into a sort of Effervescence, and its constitutive parts into a brisk Motion, whereby they being broken and divided in such a manner, as to hinder all Coagulations and Concretions, its Feculencies and Impurities are easily separated, and thrown into their respective Emunctories, and thence driven out of the Body. Thus are the vaporous Effluviums sent into the Habit of the Body, the serous Recrements into the Kidneys, the bilious into the Liver, the rest into the rest of the Emissaries adapted to each ; and thence secluded and cast off without let of stoppage. The Dose is a quarter of a pint twice a day.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710