Take of sliced rhubarb, 2½ oz.
lesser cardamom seeds, bruised and husked, ½ oz.
saffron, 2 drachms,
Spanish white wine, 2 pints,
proof spirit, ½ pint.
Digest for ten days, and strain.
This is a warm, cordial, laxative medicine. If is used chiefly in
weakness of the stomach and bowels, and some kind of loosenesses, for
evacuating the offending matter, and strengthening the tone of the
viscera. It may be given in doses of from half a spoonful to three
or four spoonsful or more, according to the circumstances of the
disorder, and the strength of the patient.