Laxative Currants.
Take Senna 4 ounces; Juniper berries bruis'd 2 ounces; White Wine and Water, each 1 pint; make a close and warm Infusion for 6 Hours, then strain out the Liquor, and putting into it Currants (well picked and washed) 1 pound; boil gently till they are soft and plump, then run the liquor through a hair Sieve; put intio it as much Sugar as will serve to bring it into a thin Syrup; boil it a little, adding towards the last, Coriander Seeds and Ginger, of each 2 drams; lastly strain out the Syrup, and pour out the Syrup, and pour it on the Currants to keep together for use.
Manna 4 ounces may be added to it, but then less Sugar is required.
The Dose is about 2 spoonfuls of Syrup and Currants together.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710