Six drachmas (ca. 25 g) of cinnamon, three drachmas of peeled cardamom seeds, two drachmas of long pepper and ginger each, in two pounds of diluted spirit of wine. Mix without boiling and strain. Use in considerable stomach weakness, flatulence and other debilitating afflictions. Daily a small spoon with wine or other drink.

Tinctura aromatica in the recipe collection published in Naples in 1791 and ascribed to the physician and botanist Domenico Cirillo (1739-1700). Formulae medicamentorum usitatiores (Napoli, 1791), 262. Wellcome Collection