Diuretic Wine.
Take Whitewine 1 quart; Salt of Wormwood 2 drams, mix.
Every one knows the Medicine for a Dropsie made of Wormwood, or Broom Ashes in Whitewine: But since Wine can extract nothinh out of those Ashes but their fix'd Salt, its manifest, that this is the self same thing, but cleaner than that, and prepar'd extempore Its not only a good Remedy against a Dropsy, but also against Nauseousness, Vomiting, and Intermiting Fevers. The Dose 4 or 6 ounces twice a day.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710