Catarrh Pills.
Take Pil. Ruffi 1 scruple; Storax Pills 6 grains; Oil of Aniseed 1 drop; make it up into 5 Pills.
They hinder the transudation of Lympha, attemperate acrid, vellicating Serum, blunt the Sense of Irritation, stop a Cough, procure Sleep, and the next day very gently carry off the Matter by Stool.
But in Catarrhs, all strong Cathartics are to be religiously avoided, for as much as the not only debilitate Nature, but also (by accuating and exagitating the Blood) augment the Colliquation and raise the Fever.
Let them be taken at Night without any observance of the next day, and be repeated each, or each other Nights.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710