Syrupus de Papavere Erratico, sive Rubro. Or Syrup of Erratic Poppies.
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Culpeper, Nicholas
College.] Take of the fresh flowers of red Poppies two pounds, steep them in four pounds of warm spring water, the next day strain it, and boil it into a Syrup with its equal weight in sugar.
Culpeper.] The Syrup cools the blood, helps surfeits, and may safely be given in frenzies, fevers, and hot agues.