Diuretic Mixture.
Take of mint-water, five ounces; vinegar of squills, six drachms; sweet spirit of nitre, half an ounce; syrup of ginger, an ounce and a half. Mix them.
In obstructions of the urinary passages, two spoonfuls of this mixture maybe taken twice or thrice a day.
William Buchan
Domestic Medicine 2nd edition 1785