An Electuary of Mint.
Take conserve of the right Spear Mint 4 ounces; Oil of Cinnamon 4 drops; Oil Cloves 2 drops; Oil of Anise and Wormwood, each 1 drops, mix.
It stops Vomiting, takes away Loathing of Meat, invites Appetite, helps Digestion, corrects nidorous Belching, astringes and corroborates a weak Stomach. Some hold that Mint hinders Conception, but perhaps that may be a fanciful Opinion, and grounded upon no experience or Reason, as many others are, that Tradition hath handed down to us.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710