The Infusion of Roses simple.
Take Conserve of red Roses 4 ounces; Oil of Sulphur 48 drops (or as much as suffices to bring it to a fit acidity) Spring Water 1 quart; macerate warm all Night; in the Morning run it, till clear, through a Flannel Bag.
It doth all that can be looked for from Tincture of Roses; namely, refrigerates over-heated, restrains boiling, corrects salt acrid, and incrassates thin Blood. It tempers Choler, satiates Thirst, refreshes the Stomach, restores lost Appetite, and moderately astringes. 'Tis a pretty pleasant Julep, useful in burning and malignant Fevers, in Heamorrhagies at the Nose, spitting and vomiting of Blood, Flux of the Terms, bilious Diarrheas, Dysentary, Pica and Danger of Abortion.
A Wine Glass of it may be taken twice or thrice a Day.
After the same manner may be prepared and Infusion of Conserve of Wood Sorrel, or Violets, against great Heat of the Stomach, or Thirst in Fevers.
Thomas Fuller
Pharmacopeia Extemporanea 1710