Name: Opening Anodyne Drink
Ingredients: ½ ounce prepared kali; ½ ounce tincture of opium; ½ pound castor oil; 1 ounce fresh powdered ginger; 1 pint warm gruel

Opening Anodyne Drink

Ingredients

Directions

Combine prepared kali, tincture of opium, castor oil, and powdered ginger in a bowl.
Mix well and add to 1 pint of warm gruel.
Stir until fully combined.
Serve the drink warm.
Repeat twice a day if symptoms persist.

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.