CHAP. XII.Of Pepper Mint Water.
ThePepper-mint has been already described Page 136, to which the Reader is referred.
Take of dry Pepper Mint Leaves fourteen Pounds, Proof Spirit ten Gallons and a Half, Water one Gallon; draw off ten Gallons by a gentle Fire, You may either dulcify it or not.
Pepper Mint Water is a noble Stomachic, good against Vomiting, Nauseas, Cholic,and other griping Pains in the Bowels, in all which Intentions it greatly exceeds the common Spear Mint Water.