| Description Of Item | Ingredients listed in the recipe are: ‘rew’ [rue?], sage, cummin seeds, pepper, and honey.
It instructs to make a strong decoction before boiling it in water with the honey to create a syrup, then take a spoonful of this syrup morning and evening.
Recipe is marginalia in library copy of Nicholas Culpeper, A Physical Directory (1650) – library reference S10.22. |