In this country it may be purchased as a powder, but not readily miscible with water, so that many persons fail in making the decoction.
"Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure"
William Thomas Fernie
This Method of dissolving Bees Wax, in a Watery Liquor, is entirely new; for before this we knew of no Way of making it miscible with Water.
"An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany"
Donald Monro