Name: Improved Lisbon Diet Drink, or Compound Decoction of Sarsaparilla
Ingredients: 6 ounces sliced and bruised sarsaparilla root; 1 ounce sassafras root bark; 1 ounce guaiacum wood shavings; 1 ounce bruised liquorice root; 10 pints distilled water

Improved Lisbon Diet Drink, or Compound Decoction of Sarsaparilla

Ingredients

6 ounces sliced and bruised sarsaparilla root
1 ounce sassafras root bark
1 ounce guaiacum wood shavings
1 ounce bruised liquorice root
10 pints distilled water

Directions

Combine sarsaparilla root, sassafras bark, guaiacum wood shavings, and liquorice root in a pot.
Add distilled water and gently heat the mixture.
Macerate the ingredients for a period of time until well infused.
Strain and store the decoction in a cool place.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.