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 syxt Chapter, of re∣medyes for diseases, of the liuer.

THe liuer is one of y^e principall mēbres & chefe instrumente of generacion of blood & of other mēbres, it lyeth on the ryght syde vnder the short rybbes, y^e whyche is ordeined to digest the meate the secōd tyme, and thereof to make humours that nourysheth al y^e membres of mā∣nes body, by his natural heat, cōforted by heat of the hert. But somtymes it is greued by blood in to much aboun∣daūce, or by cholerik humours, which cause to greate heate, or els by fleume

that doth diminysh the same▪

A remedie for an hote lyuer. Yf the lyuer be to hote, bycause of to moch blood, the person hath red vrine, hasty pulse, his veines great & ful, and he feleth his spattle, mouth and tonge sweter then it was wont to be, wher∣fore it is good to be let blood of the liuer veine on the right arme, and to vse letuse, sorelle, purcelane, & hoppes in pottage, and sometymes to drynke of y^e waters of the said herbes fasting, or els endiue water to refreshe y^e liuer.

Regiment for disease of the liuer comming of blood. YE muste abstaine frō drin∣kyng wine, and eatynge of flesh, and yf at meat or drīk ye muste otherwyse, y^e wine ought to be watred, and the fleshe boi∣led with lettuse and sorel. It is better to drinke ptysan, or stale cydre, & eate brothe of peason, almon mylke, hulled barlye, or rosted apples, and damaske

prunes, whiles y^e heat be diminysshed. And ye ought euery daye to prouoke the duty of y^e womb, either by meanes of suppositorie, or els other wyse.

Yf the liuer be ouer hote by cholere, the pacient hath hys vryne cleare and yelowe, wythout measure, great thirst wythout appetyte, & feleth great bur∣nyng in hys bodye, and cōmonly hath his bellye bounde, and hath the face yelowe.

This disease of the liuer chaunceth mooste in somer, & for it ye muste take twyse a daie an ounce of syrupe of en∣diue, or violettes, with a good draught of ptisane, drynke it two or thre hou∣res before meate, and also at nyght to bedwarde, and so continue thre or foure dayes.

In stede of the sayd syrupes ye may take thre oūces of ptisane, or thre oū∣ces of water of endiue, cicorye and so∣rell meddled togyther, for eche tyme. Then the fyfth daye in the morninge early, it is good to drynke a purgaciō

that pourgeth cholere, whiche shal be made as foloweth.

An excellente purgacion for to auoyde cholere, and may be gyuen to men of al ages. TAke half an oūce of cassia new∣ly drawen, a drāme of good ru∣barbe infused a night in water of endiue wyth a lytle spikenard, and an ounce of syrupe of violettes, mixe all the sayd thynges with thre ounces of ptisane or whaye, and drynke it warme as afore is said in the other.

Boles for the same. In stede of the said medicine (which is to costlye for poore folkes) ye maye make boles of halfe an ounce of cassia, and thre drammes of electuarium de succo rosarum, and eate them thre hou∣res after mydnyght, and slepe after it, but al the day ye must kepe y^e chāber, & yf ye had rather drynke it thā eate it, mixt the said boles with whay, or en∣diue water, & drīke it at v. of the clock in y^e mornyng, but sleape not after it.

Other medicines laxatyue. Take halfe an ounce of diaprunis laxatyue, mixt with .iii. ounces of de∣cocciō of french prunes, water of suc∣corie, and drinke it warme at fiue of y^e clocke in the mornyng, or els sixe hou∣res afore meate. In steade of the sayde diaprunis, ye maye take halfe an oūce of electuarium de succo rosarum, and make a laxe as afore is sayde.

And it is to be noted, yf the pacyente be very weake or easye to worke vpō, ye maye take away a drāme both of y^e diaprunis, & also of succo rosarū. Af∣ter the sayd purgaciō, it is good to re∣fresh the liuer with laying to without on the right side, vnder the nether rib∣bes, a playster of cerotum scandalinū, spred vpon a linnen clothe of the byg∣nesse of .iiii. fyngers, or bath the sayde place with a lynnen cloth wet ī water of endyue, plantayne and roses, war∣med togyther. Moreouer it is good to take euery morning before meat, a lo∣zenge

of triasandaly, and to drinke af∣ter it endiue water .iii ounces.

Regiment for heate in the liuer. The pacient must abstayne frō flesh & salt fish, strong wine, garlike, onyons, mustarde, and such other hote meates. It is good to vse broth of pease and veriuce, lettuce, popie, spinage, and borage, and sometyme a litle vinegre yf he be not greued in the stomacke. This regimente is good also in tyme of pestilence, and of to great heate.

A Iulep for the heate of the liuer. TAke halfe a .li. of rosewater, one quarter of water of endiue, and v. ounces of sugre, make a iulep, of which ye shal drynke fasting a good draught. And yf ye wyl nedes drynke for thyrst betwene meales, let it be myngled wyth .ii. partes of water of the well. And yf ye wyll haue it more colynge, adde vnto it two ounces of vinegre or the iuce of a pomegranade.

Yf the lyuer be colde, for the phleg∣matike

matter that is in it, the person hath his water white, & out of colour, the face pale, and his mouth watry, li∣tle bloode, and feleth heuynesse about hys lyuer.

¶Remedye. He oughte to drynke in the mornynge earlye .iii. or .iiii. times a sirupe called oximell diureticum, wyth the decocciō of smalache and perselye, or with wa∣ters of smalache, and fenell, and after he must take to purg the fleume a me∣dicine made as foloweth. Take syxe drammes of diafinicon, if the persō be strōg, or halfe an ounce if he be weake, and distemper it in .iiii. ounces of the decoccion of the rootes of smalache, percely, fenell, & drinke it luke warme v. or .vi. houres afore meate.

In steade of the sayde medicine one maye gyue .ii. drammes of agaryke in trosciskes wyth water of smalache, or els good fenel.

An other medicine laxatiue. Take halfe an ounce of diacarthami,

or halfe an oūce of diaprunis laxatiue or asmuche of electuarium dulce, with thre oūces of percely water, smallach ysope, or fenell, take it fyue houres a∣fore meate.

Regiment. The pacient must drinke good wyne, and vse ginger, cinamome, graynes of paradyse, anyse and fenelle, and hote herbes in pottage, as sage, ysope, time maiorym, and auoide all rawe frutes, and also rawe herbes.

Moreouer it is verye good to make a playster of smallache, wormewoode, spikenarde in pouder, with oile of dil myngle it, and laye it vpon the lyuer.

Agaynst stoppyng of the lyuer called oppilacion. OPpilation or stopping commeth sometyme in the holownesse of the lyuer, and it is knowē by cō∣passion and payne of the stomake, and is healed by medicines laxatiue, as it is declared before.

And sometyme the oppilacion is in

the veines of the holowe parte of the lyuer, and is perceiued thē by y^e griefe which the pacient feleth in his backe, and in his reines. And it is healed by thynges that opē, as by sirupes of the three rootes, sirupes of bisantius, sy∣rupes of maydenheere, and by dryn∣king y^e decoction of raysins, fenel, per∣cely, smallache, cicory, or waters stil∣led of thesame herbes. Also rootes of alisaunder is good for the same. &c. Sometimes the said oppilacion com∣meth of grosse bloude, earthy, and me∣lancholike, whiche the members send vnto the liuer, and beecause that suche engendred bloud can haue no issue, nor hath any way to departe to any other mēbers, therfore be y^e veines of the li∣uer stopped vp by the grossenes of the saide bloude. And it is knowen by the water, y^t is very hie coloured, & cleare.

¶Remedie. Geue the paciēt medicines that perce, & subtile, as is wine of pomegranat••s, syrupe of endiue, wyth the decoctiō of

cicers. Thē let him bloud on the liuer veine, and eueri morning eat a lozenge of triasandaly. Sometime y^e said oppi∣lacion cōmeth of aboundaūce of some humoure viscouse, cold and flegmatike, stoppyng the veines of the liuer, and thē y^e vrine is as clere, as clere water.

Remedy. The pacient must drynke euery mor∣nyng the sirupe of oximel squilityke, with half a draught or more of the de∣coctyon of rootes of smallache, fenel & percely. Sometimes vnto women cō∣meth oppilacions of y^e lyuer, by retey∣nyng of their pu••gaciōs. Wherfore it is good to let them bloud on the veine called saphe••, whiche is aboue on the hyer syde of the ••steppe.

And let them take after the chaunge of the ••one, seuen or eight morninges any p••ate called Trifera magna: eueri tyme an ounce. And after drynke thre oūces of waters of mugwort, hysope and fenell, or the decoction of these ••erbes, or elles the rootes aperityue,

which be smallache, percely, fenel, ali∣saunder and asperage, boyled in water wyth the thirde parte of odoryferous whyte wyne.

¶Medicines for the lyuer that may be easely had at al times. Take a good handeful of liuerworte that groweth vpon the stones, and an other of fumetorye, wyth as muche of hartestonge, and seeth them in whaye clarefyed, and drinke them euery daye twyse.

The liuer of an hare dried and made in pouder, is good for all diseases of y^e liuer, as affirmeth Auicenne and other of the Arabians.

Also for heate in the liuer seeth bar∣beries in whey, and drinke them.