CHAP. X.Of Pepper-mint-water.
Pepper-mint is a very celebrated Stomachic, and on that account greatly used at present, and its Simple Water often called for.
Take of the Leaves of dried Pepper-mint, one Pound and a half; Water two Gallons and a half; put all into an Alembic, and draw off one Gallon, with a gentle Fire.
The Water obtained from Pepper-mint by Distillation inBalneum Mariæ, is more fragrant and more fully impregnated with the Virtues of the Plant than that drawn by the Alembic. The same may be said with regard to that extracted by the cold Still; when the cold Still is used the Plant must be green, and if possible committed to the still with the Morning Dew upon it.