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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Spices growing out of this realme vsed in meate and drinke. CAP. 10.

Pepper.

BLackepepper is hottest, and most drie, whitepepper is next, long pepper is most temperate. The generall propertie of all kinds of pepper is to heate the bodie, but as Galen sayth, it pe••reeth downward, and doth not spred into the veines, it helpeth dige••sSpan••pulseth vrine, and it helpeth against the diseases of the breast, procée∣ding

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of colde. It is hot in the first degrée, and drie in the second.

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.

Saffron.

Somewhat bindeth, heateth and comforteth the sto∣macke, and the heart specially, and maketh good dige∣stion, being eaten or dronken in a small quantitie. It is hot in the second degrée, and drie in the first.

Cloues.

Haue vertue to comfort the sinewes, also to consume and dissolue superfluous humours. They be hot and drie in the third degrée: sodden with milke, it comforteth the debilitie of nature.

Maces.

Dioscorides commēdeth to be dronk against spitting of bloud, and bloudie fluxes, & excessiue laxes. Paulus Aegi∣neta addeth to it, that it helpeth y^e col••ke. They be hot in the 2. degrée, and dry in the 3. degrée. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to the sto∣macke very commodious, taken in a little quantitie.

Nutmegges.

With their swéet odour comfort & dissolue, & sometime comforteth the power of the sight, and also the braine in cold diseases, and is hot and drie in the second degrée.