An hot Scorbutic Electuary.
Take Scurvy grass 3 ounces; Currants, white Sugar searced fine, each 1 ounce and half; powder of Arum compound 6 drams; Winter Bark 2 drams; Oil of sassaphras 4 drops; Syrup of Elder berries 1 ounce, or as much as needs.
It abounds with a smart, pungitive, volatile Salt, and therefore Volatiliseth fixt and acid Salt; mends the Blood and Juices, when over-run with a scorbytic Dyscrasy, dissolves Coagulations, beats open Obstructions, carries away Feculencies, both by Sweat and Urine, is available against the rancid sort of Scurvy, Jaundise, Dropsy, Palsy, &c. Let half an ounce be taken twice a day, for a Month running. Steel may be added if the Case require.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710