The treasury of healthe conteynyng many profitable medycines gathered out of Hypocrates, Galen and Auycen, by one Petrus Hyspanus [and] translated into Englysh by Humfre Lloyde who hath added therunto the causes and sygnes of euery dysease, wyth the Aphorismes of Hypocrates, and Iacobus de Partybus redacted to a certayne order according to the membres of mans body, and a compendiouse table conteynyng the purginge and confortatyue medycynes, wyth the exposicyo[n] of certayne names [and] weyghtes in this boke contayned wyth an epystle of Diocles vnto kyng Antigonus.

¶Agaynst the turne or daselyng•• in the head.

The Causes.

A Grosse & thycke humore in y^e brayne, frō the whych ryse va∣porouse spirites and moue disordi∣natly about the brayne and sumti∣mes these spirites or exhalatyons come from the stomake.

The Sygnes.

❧ The pacyent thynketh that all thynges whyche he seeth moue and turne rounde, and oftentymes fal∣leth downe.

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Annoynt thy forhead with opium, Mandrage hēbane and Popy sede myngled wyth the ioyce of night∣shade and oyle of Uyolettes.

* 1.1If it come of old paines in y^e head dissolue Opium and Camphory in oyle of Wylow, and poure it into y^e eares & nosethryls, or put oyle of v••¦olettes & mylke into the nosethriles

Ther is no medycine to be compa¦red to tamaryndes for thys disease

* 1.2Mustard seed, or leaues bruised & layd hote to the head taketh awaye the paynes & ther is no better medi∣cyne,

The vapoure of celydone sodde in wyne and receyued at the mouth asswagith the grefe.

Ther is nothynge better then to blowe to y^e nosthrilles nesynge po••¦der wyth pouder of Peper and Ca∣storeum.

* 1.3The ioyce of Sowbread myng∣led wyth Honye, and spouted vnto

the nosethrilles doth purge y^e head.

Oyle of tystikes healeth the hemi¦crane and watchynges.* 1.4

Make a playster of the rote of a wyld Cucumer and wormwod boy¦led in oyle, and lay it to the heade.

The seed of mandrage healeth al paynes in the heade.* 1.5

Thys emplastre is wonderful good, take Gume, wylde Rue, the vtter rynde of the rote of Cappares French Garlycke and euphorbium or clary, of al like quantitie, stampe them wyth odoriferouse wyne, and lay it to the heade.

Siler Montayne is good for y^e head ache.* 1.6

It is good to distempre pouder of aloes wyth oyle of roses.

He that vseth to receyue thre pil∣les made of Aloes and the ioyce of colwortes of the bignes of a beane, shall neuer be troubled wyth pay∣nes in the head.

Let thy head be oft washed wyth lye made of the asshes of Colworte rootes, and nettle rotes, with the ro∣te of bryonie, for it is of great effica¦cy agaynst all paynes in the head.

* 1.7If y^u haue the hemicrane, anointe thy browes and nosethrilles wyth the ioyce of Iuye leaues myngled wyth oyle and Uineger.

* 1.8Anoynte thy head with the asshes of a hertes horne, myxt wyth oyle of Ros••s.

The suffumigacion of y^e oyle of ker¦ua is good for al diseases in y^e head

The ioyce of Popy mingled with oyle of roses prouoketh y^e pacyēt to slepe if his head be therw^t anoynted

* 1.9Theodoricon empericon taketh a∣way all paynes of y^e head, so do the leaues of ground Iuye stamped w^t the white of an egge & layd to y^e hed

* 1.10Anoynt thy bely wyth thys oynt∣ment folowyng, & it ••aseth the head ache, purgeth the stemake, comfor∣••eth

the appetite & clarifieth y^e eyes, ••ake of the ioyce of smallage .℥ ii. of mercury .℥ iiii. of gosgrese and h••n∣••es grese of eyther a poūd, of rosyn •• ii. of masticke and frankēsence of ••yther .ʒ v. of casiafistula .ʒii. make ••f all these an oyntmente and vse it ••ut yf you adde therto the ioyce of ••alwort and the rynde of an elder ••t shalbe much stronger.

Galbanum emplastred to the hed ••s of great efficacye.

Notes

• * 1.1

  Rasis.
• * 1.2

  Dioscor.
• * 1.3

  Dioscor.
• * 1.4

  Auicen.
• * 1.5

  Rasis.
• * 1.6

  Macer.
• * 1.7

  Galen.
• * 1.8

  Plini.
• * 1.9

  Gal••n
• * 1.10

  Galen,