CHAP. XXXI.
Of Spirituous Penniroyal Water.

The Plant from whence this Water has its Name has been already described Chap. xiii. Part II.

Recipe for ten Gallons of Spirituous Penniroyal Water.

Take of the Leaves of Penniroyal dried fifteen Pounds; Proof Spirit ten Gallons; Water two Gallons: draw off ten Gallons with a gentle Fire.

This is a good Carminative, of use in Cholics and Gripings of the Bowels; also in Plurisies and the Jaundice: It is of known Efficacy in promoting the Menses and other Disorders of the Female Sex.