The Scurvy being a Disease very common in England, this Antiscorbutic Water will be of great use.
Recipe for making ten Gallons of Antiscorbutic Water.
Take of the Leaves of Water-cresses, Garden and Sea Scurvy-grass, and Brook-lime of each twenty Handfuls; of Pine-tops, Germander, Horehound, and the lesser Centory, of each sixteen Handfuls; of the Roots of Briony and sharp-pointed Dock, of each six Pounds; of Mustard-seed one Pound and a Half. Digest the whole in ten Gallons of Proof Spirit, and two Gallons of Water, and draw off by a gentle Fire.
This is a good Water for the Purposes expressed in the Title, viz. against Scorbutic Disorders. It is also good in Tremblings and Disorders of the Nerves.
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Of compound Horse-radish Water.
There are several Methods of making this compound Water; but the three following Recipes are the best that has hitherto appeared.
Recipe for making ten Gallons of compound Horse-radish Water.
Take of the Leaves of fresh Garden Scurvy-grass sixteen Pounds; of fresh Horse-radish Root, and the yellow Part of Seville Orange-peel of each eight Pounds; of Nutmegs two Pounds. Cut and bruise these Ingredients, and digest them twenty-four Hours in ten Gallons of Proof Spirit and two Gallons of Water; after which draw off ten Gallons with a gentle Fire.
Or,
Take of the fresh Roots of Horse-radish nine Pounds; of the Leaves of Water-cresses and of Garden Scurvy-grass, of each six Pounds; of the outward, or yellow Peel of Oranges and Lemons, of each nine Ounces; of Winter’s Bark twelve Ounces; of Nutmegs three Ounces. Cut, bruise and digest the Ingredients in ten Gallons of Proof Spirit, and two Gallons of Water, and draw off ten Gallons as before.