For those who are oppressed with an abundance of Humours, whose Bowels
are full of Flatulencies, or are constipated, let them once in
every Month or Six Weeks take a gentle Purge of Rhubarb, or of the
Arthritick Pills, or half a Scruple of _Pill Ruffi_, or of _Sylvius_
his Gum Pills: But if the Body be open, and the Milk passes too quickly
through, it may suffice to take twenty Grains of Rhubarb; or if the
Body be bound, take twenty Grains of Rhubarb in the first Draught
of Milk, drinking the rest of the Quantity after it, or else in the
Evening take twenty Drops of the Essence of Rhubarb with the Milk, and
repeat it as often as there may be Occasion; but for the general, if it
can be conveniently done, the purging Medicines should be used in the
Decrease of the Moon.