An Electuary of Piony.
Take conserve of Piony flowers 1 ounce; powder'd Piony root 6 drams, Piony seed excorticated 2 drams; Balsam of Peru 4 scruple; Syrup of Piony 3 ounces, mix.
Its prevalent against the falling Sickness, and such like Convulsive Diseases.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710