The castell of health, corrected, and in some places augmented by the first author thereof, Sir Thomas Elyot Knight

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Title
The castell of health, corrected, and in some places augmented by the first author thereof, Sir Thomas Elyot Knight
Author
Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.
Publication
At London :: Printed by the Widdow Orwin, and are to be sold by Matthew Lownes,
[1595]
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Subject terms
Health -- Early works to 1800.
Hygiene -- Early works to 1800.
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"The castell of health, corrected, and in some places augmented by the first author thereof, Sir Thomas Elyot Knight." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A21308.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 5, 2024.

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Ginger.

Heateth the stomack, and helpeth digestion, but it hea∣teth not so soone as pepper: but afterward the heate re∣maineth longer, and causeth the mouth to be moyst. Be∣ing gréene or well confectioned in sirupe, it comforteth much the stomacke and head, and quickeneth remem∣brance, if it be taken in the morning fasting. It is hot in the second degrée, and drie in the first.

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