Name: Fenugreek Seed Powder Mixture
Ingredients: 2 ounces fenugreek seed, powdered; 2 ounces flower of sulphur; 2 ounces nitre; ½ ounce antimony

Fenugreek Seed Powder Mixture

Ingredients

2 ounces fenugreek seed, powdered
2 ounces flower of sulphur
2 ounces nitre
½ ounce antimony

Directions

Combine fenugreek seed, flower of sulphur, nitre, and antimony in a mortar.
Beat the mixture until well combined.
Sprinkle a small spoonful over damp corn or bran.
Administer this for three consecutive mornings, then skip three mornings, repeating until the complaint is resolved.

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.