The regiment of life, whereunto is added a treatise of the pestilence, with the boke of children, newly corrected and enlarged by T. Phayre

¶The .v. Chapter of remedies for dyseases of the stomake.

THe cheste of the body doth re∣ceiue the meate necessarye for all the mēbers in the stomake whiche is situate in the myd∣des of the bodye for to digeste thesame meat into al y^e members, to the which chaūceth debilitie, or hīderaūce of ap∣petite, sometimes by error of y^e eater

in qualitie or quantitye, & sometimes by reasō of the fleume that descendeth from the heade like a reume.

¶Remedye. Keepe abstinence, and eate soberlye light meates, and drinke good wine, and but litle. Purge the stomake, ī ta∣kynge pylles of symple hyera beefore meate .iii. or foure of the said pilles at foure of the clocke in the mornyng. If the repletion be greate, slepyng in the nyght he muste laye hys hande on hys stomake, or els laye a litle pillowe of fethers on it, or a bagge of wormwod & margerim. Sometimes ther chaun∣ceth suche debilitye, not for reume, or meate or drinke, but by viscouse & sly∣my fleume, ī the mouth of y^e stomake, which causeth to engender aboūdaūce of ventositye, and maketh the meat to swymme with litle thirste. And some∣times with sour belchinges, and infla∣tions, such debilitye maye not perfect∣lye bee cured, but for a tyme mended wyth the remedies that folowe.

¶Remedyes for weakenes of the stomake. Fyrst ye must take pillule stomatice ii. or .iii. houres afore meate, more or lesse accordyng to y^e quantitye of the fulnes of the stomake, & after geue him euery mornyng .ii. houres afore meat, and one houre after supper, at euerye tyme a lozenge of a lectuary called di∣agalāga, or an other called diaciminō whiche lectuaries do consume vento∣sities, and with theyr cōfortable heat, driue away the colde and the windye complexion of the stomake.

¶For the same. Grene ginger is verye good taken as is sayd afore of electuaries. And it is holesome to eate afore your meate, anyse sedes and fenel, and when ye be∣gin to eate, take a tost dipped in sod∣den wine, or good maluesye withoute drinking of thesame wine, except it be a verye lytle after meate.

An other. Take mastike and lapdanum, of eue∣rye

one an ounce, mintes, and worme∣wood poudred, of eche a dramme, tur∣bentine, as muche as shall nede to en∣corporate them together, make a plai∣ster and spred it vpon lether, and laye it to the stomake. In stede of the sayde plaister, it is good to annointe the sto∣make with oile of spikenard, and mas∣tike, or to laye on it hoote breade ste∣ped in good wyne, on the which bread strowe pouder of cloues & nutmigges.

Sometimes suche debilitye of sto∣make cōmeth of hote causes, & thē it is knowen by the litle appetite to meat, and great thyrst, and heade ache before meate, and after, it commeth stinkyng belchyng, whereof sometime foloweth vomiting, and is holpen on this wise.

Remedye. In suche debilitye if ther be great quantitie of spittle, and muche desyre to vomite, it is good to take .x. dram∣mes of hiera picra, with the decoction of cicers, or with two or thre oūces of water of wormewood, and after your

meat vse coriander seed prepared, and beware ye drinke not thereafter, nor slepe in the day time,

To thesame. Mirabolanes condite are very good for the same purpose, to be geuen once in the weke, at four of the clocke ī the morning, half an ounce, or a hole oūce euerye tyme, and take awaye the stone that is within. If in the saide debilitie of stomake of hote cause, there be not aboundaunce of spittle, but drinesse of mouth, with thrist and vomiting, stin∣king & fumishe, it is good to take eue∣ry mornyng syrupe of sorell, syrupe of roses, or sirupe of quinces with endiue and succorrye water, or water sodden and cooled again, and then drinke hie∣ra picra, as afore is said, or take a pur∣gacion as is declared in the payne of the head, comming of cholere. It is to be noted, that for such debilitie of the stomake, ye maie not weare any cerote plaister, nor bagge, wherin is hote me∣dicines lest ye should augmēte y^e cause▪

but it is conueniente to annoynte the stomake with colde oyles, as be oyles of roses, and quinces, and yf ye wyll haue a plaister, make it of redde roses and saunders.

For abhorryng of meate. SOmetime there chaunceth in the stomake, a dysease called fastidium, or abhorrynge of meate, wherby the persone a∣gaynst his wyl taketh in hate and ab∣hominacion all maner of meates, that is offered vnto him: likewise as a hole man taketh pleasure and delite in hys meat. The cause of this disease, is re∣pleciō of cholericke humors or phleg∣matike, grosse and viscouse, whiche are in the stomake, & the paciēt hath great thriste, a drye tonge, the mouth bitter, & sometime doth vomit yelow cholere

Remedye. Ye muste purge the cholere as hath bene saide afore, and yf the veines bee great and ful of bloud, ye ought to let him bloud on the right arme, & on that

veine which appeareth moste: and to quicken the appetite it is good to geue him to eate or drinke, such as the paci∣ent demaūdeth, although it bee not al∣wayes of the beste, And also it is good to geue him y^e iuce of pomegranades.

¶For belchyng. Belchyng is a vētositye instatiue ex∣pulsed oute of the stomake to the mouth, and commeth by feblenes, and litle heat of the stomake, which engen∣dreth winde, wherefore it signifieth a colde complexion, whiche is cause of suche ventositie after meate. And for this disease ye shall do as foloweth.

¶Remedy for windinesse of the stomake. Abstaine from al fruites, and rawe herbes, pease, beanes, garlike, onions, leekes, chesnuttes, course meates, great repaste, and slepe on the daye. Ye ought to take fastinge, comfites made of aneys, fenel, cummine, and carre∣way seedes, or els pouder of the sayde thynges myxte wyth suger. Also it is

good to take in a morning two houres before meat, a lozenge of aromaticum rosatum, & if ye haue an aking stomak and cold, it is good to take euery mor∣ning a lozenge of dianisi, or diaciminū or some other cōfortable lozenge, & to drinke after it a sponful of good wine.

¶Another remedy. Ye maye take a litle galingale, with a litle wine, or pouder of cumine with some good wyne.

¶Another remedye. Drinke euery morning fastyng, two oūces of wine wherin hath bene sod∣den baye beries, anyse, & carraway se∣des, of eche a litle. And if ye put to it a litle pure frankensence, it would be y^e better. And withoute, it is good to laye a bagge full of camomyl floures, rue, wormewood, and maiorim made in pouder, or for to annoynte the sto∣make with oyle of wormewoode, rue, spikenard, or bayes.

Sometimes suche belching and vē∣tositie cōmeth before meate, and it is

caused of fleume viscouse, or watrish, that is in the stomake.

Remedye. Ye must purge the fleume with pil∣lule cochie, or electuariū of diacarta∣my as hath bene said in the remedy of peine of the heed caused of fleume. And ere ye geue the purgacion, ye ought .iii or .iiii. morninges two houres afore meate, to take two litle sponefulles of sirupe of wormewood or of mintes. After the which purgacion, it is good to annointe the stomake with oyle of mastike, nardine, wormewod or lilies & for to weare vpon the stomake a ce∣rote beyng made lyke a plaster, which ye may bye at the Apotecaris, called cerotum Galeni, or a bagge made of maiorim, and camomil floures, & take euery mornyng a lozenge of the elec∣tuary aboue named, or of diagalanga.

Item ye shal note, that yf the persō can not take a purgaciō, to auoyd suf∣ficiently the fulnes of the stomake, which hyndreth the digestion of meat,

he muste take a glister, and afterwarde pilles of elephangine, or of hiera sim∣plicis, before diner or supper. More∣ouer, yf before dynner ye fele an heui∣nes in the stomake, ye oughte to take one of the sayde pilles, halfe an houre before meate.

For the hicket. Hicket or yeaskyng, is an euill mo∣uing of the vertue expulsiue of the sto∣make prouoked by the vertue sēsible, to expulse that that dothe anoye. The said hicket doth sometimes happen by reason of emtines, by debilitie of the stomake after lōg sickenes, or by fluxe of blud or laxe, or by some other strāge euacuacion, which is very perillous & oftentymes mortall. Therefore it is good to geue restoratiues to the paci∣ent, and to geue hym soft egges, almō mylke, hulled barlye, culleyes of ca∣pons, or other thinges of good norish∣mente, and of easye digestion.

Also ye ought to stoppe the laxe, & to make the pacient to slepe long and an∣nointe

the stomake with oyle of swete almons. Sometimes hicket procedeth of repletiō of matter humorous, or of drinke and meat which engēder grosse ventositie, & not very easy to consume. Yf y^e stomak be ouercharged with mea¦tes, kepe a lōg abstinēce til digestiō be done, or els vomit and annoint thi sto∣make with oile of dil, mastike, worm∣wood & castor. If humors conteined in y^e stomak be cause of y^e said hicket, take an ounce of hierapicra with water of wormwod or els pilles āte cibū .3. or 4 houres before meat, & eueri mornīg fo¦lowīg y^e operaciō of y^e said hierapicra, take a lozenge of dianisi or diaciminū▪ or els a few anise sedes & carawaies.

¶Regiment for al maner hicket. It is good to kepe longe and often hys breath, to nese, to trauayle muche, to endure greate thyrste and also to sleape longe. And it is good to caste cold water in the face of him that hath the hicket, and to threaten him, and so

put him in feare, and to anger hym, or els to prouoke hym to heauynesse, for by these thinges the naturall heat is reuoked and fortified within, and causeth the hicket to cease.

For vomityng. Vomiting commeth sometimes with∣out great violence, & thereby one get∣teth health, wherfore ye nede not geue him any remedy, for it is a good acciō of the naturall vertue of the stomake. Sometime vometinge commeth by a great violēt mouinge of the vertue ex∣pulsiue of the stomake, for the euyll thynges conteined in thesame.

¶Remedye. One maye well helpe a man to vo∣mite, geuyng hym warme water with a litle oyle to drinke, or els to put the finger in his mouth very lowe, or a fe∣ther wetre in oile, the better to vomit and mundifye the stomake, yf so be the persone haue a wide throte, and that vomityng do not hurte him muche, as be they that haue but smal and strayte

throtes, and long neckes and leane, & he that hath an euyl syght, for al these it is euyll to vomite,

Sometymes vometing commeth by weakenes of the stomake, caused of a hote and euil complexion, ye shal heale it after this maner.

Remedy. Take sirupe of roses, quynces, myr∣tylles, wyth water sodden, and colde againe, or elles water of purcelane for to refresshe and quench the thirst that chaunceth commonly in suche a case. And it is good to anoynt the stomake before dynner & supper, with an oint∣ment made of oyle of roses, and quin∣ces, wyth iuce of myntes▪ and a lytle waxe, or els to make a plaistre of min∣tes, roses, wormewood, & oile of roses and laye it to the stomake

An other. Take frakensence, mastike, of eche half an ounce made ī pouder, and mē∣gle them togyther, with the whyte of an egge, and a lytle barlye floure, then

sprede it on a lytle towe, and laye it to the mouth of the stomake. At y^e latter ende of diner, it is good to take a mor∣sell of marmalade wythout drynke.

Somtyme vometyng procedeth of eiul & colde complexion of y^e stomake.

¶Remedye. Anoint the stomake with oyle of spike¦narde & mastike, or els make an oint∣mente of the sayde oyles, wyth a lytle mastyke, corall, and waxe, and anoynt the stomake morning and euenynge.

¶An other medicine. Make a bagge of wormewood, ma∣iorym, and drye myntes, of eche a litle handful, cloues, galingale, and nutmi∣ges, of eche halfe a dramme, the sayde thynges poudred, and put betwyxt .ii. linen clothes with cotten enterbasted and applied vpon the stomake, are of wonderful operacion. In stede of this ye maye take the sayd herbes dried on an hote tilestone, and put them in two linnen cloutes vpon the stomake.

¶An other maner.

Ye maye take a toste of breed & stepe it in the iuce of myntes, and cast vpon it pouder of mastyke, then lay it vpon the stomacke, and from thre houres to thre houres let it be renewed,

Otherwyse. Take two handfulles of myntes, and a handfull of roses sodde in wyne, thā take two ounces of tosted breed, and moyste it in wyne, and incorporate it wyth pouder of mastike, and the sayde roses & myntes, and make a playster wherof one parte must be layed to the stomake when the pacient would eate any meate. The sayde playster is also good in all hote causes, yf for the said wyne, ye seeth the myntes and roses, and stepe the toste in vinegre.

¶To comforte the stomake af∣ter vomytynge. It is good to gyue vnto the pacient euery mornynge an ounce of sirupe of wormewood, or myntes, in steade of whych it is cōuenient to take a lozēge of aromaticū rosatum, or diagalanga.

For the same. Take euening and mornyng .iii. hou∣res before meate .ii. cloues in pouder, with a sponefull of the iuce of mintes, or halfe a sponefull of rue, dryed, with a lytle wyne,

Also it is good to take poudre of clo∣ues, and lignum aloes the weyght of a crowne, wyth wyne .ii. houres before meate.

¶A glystre for the same. And here ye muste note, that in all vomiting, yf the pacient be harde bel∣lied, it is good to take a lēitiue glistre made of the decoccion of marche mal∣lowes, mallowes, violettes, and, barly wyth oile of violettes, home of roses, and a litle cassia. And yf the vomiting come of coldnes of the stomake, or of cold water cōteined in it, adde vnto y^e saide glister, wormwood, ysope, rue, & cammomylle in the sethyng. And for oile of violettes, take oile of camomil or of lylyes, and geue the pacient a pil of mastyke before meate. And ye shall

vnderstande, that myntes brayed, and myngled wyth oyle of roses, and ap∣plyed vpon the stomake, is verie good for all vomiting.

¶For peyne of the stomake. Ache or peyne of the stomake com∣meth somtymes of wynde, & it is cal∣led dolour extensiue, the which is hol∣pen with applyīg therto a sponge wet ī wine, wherin hath ben soddē worm∣wood, rue and camomyll.

Also ye maye helpe it as hath ben said in the remedy of hycket or yeaskynge, and as shalbe sayd hereafter in the re∣medy for all peynes of the stomake.

Sometymes the sayde payne com∣meth of repletiō of humours, and it is called dolor aggrauatiuus. Whyche ought to be cured by purgacion, in gi∣uing of cassia newly drawen out, hiera picra, or pylles stomaticas, or of hiera simple, takyng some syrupe before the purgaciō, as is shewed in the remedy of debilitie of stomake.

Somtymes payne of the stomake cō∣meth

of cholere, or salte fleume verye sharpe, and y^e pacient hath bytter taste or salt with great thirst, and he fealeth heate and mordycatiō. Wherfore it is good to drynke sirupe of roses, or occi¦saccarū simple with soddē water and coled. In stede whereof ye maye take endiue water, succory and purcelane with one part of wormwood water, & then take an euacuatyue that purgeth cholere, as is sayd in the remedies for peyne of the head cōmyng of cholere, or let the pacient vomite, in geuing a sharpe syrupe of sorelle, wyth warme water, thā put his finger in his mouth so that he maye vomyt.

Sicke folkes often diseased in the sto∣make, demaunde nothing elles, but to take awaye the peyne, not regardinge y^e time while the matter may be pur∣ged by vomitīg, glister or other laxes.

Also there caunceth sometyme so greate payne & sharpe, that for debily¦tie of vertu it is good to leaue y^e cause and sticke to the swaging of the paine▪

wherefore it behoueth to procede in maner folowyng.

¶Remedye for all paynes of the stomake. TAke camomil, melilote, worm∣woode, mallowes with theyr rootes, leaues of bayes, par∣ietary and peyryalle, of eche a handful, lineseed a pounde, fenugreke halfe a pound, anees, and fenel seed, of eche halfe an ounce.

The sayde thynges brused and well sodden in water, wet therin▪ sponges, and the licour wel pressed out, and ap∣plied vnto y^e stomake, one after an o∣ther, and warmyng them againe, whē they begynne to cole, swage all maner paynes of y^e stomacke, And afterward ye must annoīt the stomake with oyle of dylle and camomylle.

¶An other remedye. Take an hogges bladder, and fyl it of the sayde decoction, and lappe it in a linnen cloth, and lay it to the stomake and warme it agayne when it is cold.

But after ye haue made dyuerse suche applicacions. Ye muste annoynte the stomake wyth the oyle aforesayde. Yf the payne be remouing from place to place, it signifieth it commeth of ventositi. Therfore lay vnto it a bag∣full of meale, salte, and commin dried togyther.

¶An other remedye. Take a sponeful of hote asshes, dewe them wyth good wyne, and couer thē wyth a linnen cloth: that it goe round aboute the spoone, and laye it to the stomake.

¶An other remedye. Take a sheue of breed metely thycke, toste it, and wete it in hote oyle of ca∣momyl, as hote as it commeth from y^e ouen, or in oyle of spyke, and wrappe it in a linnen, and lay it vpon y^e paine.

¶An other remedye. Put a great boxyng glasse vpon the nauyll, and let it be there .i. houre.

¶An other remedye for payne of the stomake.

Take two drammes of diaciminon, of dianisi, of diagalanga, & drynke it with a litle good wyne, an houre or .ii before meat. To drinke two oūces of maluesye, with a litle of one of y^e sayd electuaries, is very good for such pai∣nes as procede of coldnesse or vētosite

¶An other remedye. Take, a drāme of galingale in pouder, and giue it to drinke with a litle hote wyne, and aboue al thynges for paine of ventositie, a singuler remedye is to drinke a litle Castor, with good wine.

¶An other. Lykewise to drynke two houres be∣fore meate thre or foure ounces of the decoction of mītes, anneis seedes, co∣myne and fyne frankensence.

Also it is good to drynke an electu∣arye called aromaticum, whereof ye maye receiue one lozenge euery mor∣nyng fastyng.

¶An other speciall medicyne. Take halfe an ounce of iuce of min∣tes,

& two drāmes of y^e iuice of worm∣woode, lignum aloes, and cloues and xilo balsamum, of eche in poudre half a scruple, all myxt togyther, & dronke warme .ii. or thre houres before meat, are excedyng profytable.