Name: Dr. Radcliffe's Famous Diet Drink for Sharp Humours
Ingredients: 1½ ounces China root; 1½ ounces eringo root; 1½ ounces sarsaparilla; ½ ounce ivory; ½ ounce hartshorn; 1 drachm maiden-hair; 1 gallon water; milk or wine (to taste)

Dr. Radcliffe's Famous Diet Drink for Sharp Humours

Ingredients

Directions

Boil the China root, eringo root, sarsaparilla, ivory, hartshorn, and maiden-hair in 1 gallon of water.
Continue boiling until the mixture reduces to 2 quarts.
Drink it frequently, adding a little milk or wine if desired.

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.