To Make a Meath Good for the Liver and Lungs
From The closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight opened, 1910
Drink a good draught every morning and afternoon.
Presented as published in 1910. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.
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This recipe was extracted from The closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight opened (1910) by Sir Kenelm Digby, page 50. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.
TO MAKE A MEATH GOOD FOR THE LIVER AND LUNGS Take of the Roots of Colts-foot, Fennel and Fearn each four Ounces. Of Succory-roots, Sorrel-roots, Strawberry-rootSj Bitter-sweet-roots, each two Ounces, of Scabious-roots and Elecampane-roots, each an Ounce and a half. Ground-ivy, Hore-hound, Oak ofjerusalem. Lung-wort, Liver-wort, Maiden- hair, Harts-tongue of each two good-handfuUs. Li- corish four Ounces, Jujubes, Raisins of the Sun and Currents, of each tv/o Ounces ; let the roots be sliced, and the herbs be broken a little with your hands ; and boil all these in twenty quarts of fair running water, or, if you have it, in Rain water, with five Pints of good white honey
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