The castel of helth gathered and made by Syr Thomas Elyot knyghte, out of the chiefe authors of physyke, wherby euery manne may knowe the state of his owne body, the preseruatio[n] of helthe, and how to instructe welle his physytion in syckenes that he be not deceyued

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Title: The castel of helth gathered and made by Syr Thomas Elyot knyghte, out of the chiefe authors of physyke, wherby euery manne may knowe the state of his owne body, the preseruatio[n] of helthe, and how to instructe welle his physytion in syckenes that he be not deceyued
Author: Elyot, Thomas, Sir, 1490?-1546.
Publication: [Londini :: In ædibus Thomæ Bertheleti typis impress.],; 1534 [i.e. Anno. M.D.XXXIX [1539]]
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Subject terms: Hygiene -- Early works to 1800.; Health -- Early works to 1800.
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☞ Spices growyng out of this realme vsed in meate or drynke. Cap. 10,

❧ Pepper.

BLacke pepper is hottest, and mooste drye, whyte pepper is next, longe pepper is most temperate. The generall propertye of all kyndes of pepper is to heate the bodye, but as Galene sayth, it perceth downeward, and dothe not spreade into the vaynes, yf it be grosse bea∣ten. It dissolueth fleume and wynde, it helpethe digestion, expulseth vrine, and it helpeth agaynst the diseases of the breaste, procedynge of colde. It is hot in the fyrste degre, & dry in the second

☞ Gynger.

Heateth the stomake, and helpeth dygestyon, but it heateth not so soone as pepper: but after∣warde the heate remayneth longer, and causeth the mouth to be moysre: Beynge grene, or well confectioned in syrope, it comforteth moche the stomake and heed, and quyckneth remembrance. if it be taken in the morowe fastynge. It is hote in the seconde degree, and drye in the fyrste.

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❧ Saffron.

Somwhat byndeth, heateth, and comforteth the stomake, and the harte specially, and maketh good digestion, being eaten or drunken in a smal quantitie. It is hotte in the seconde degree, and drye in the fyrste.

❧ Cloues.

Hath vertue to comforte the synewes, also to consume and dissolue superfluouse humoures, They be hotte and drye in the thyrde degre: sod∣dē with mylk, it cōforteth the debilite of nature.

❧ Mases.

Dioscorides commendeth to be drunke against spyttynge of bloudde, and blouddy fluxes, and excessiue laxes. Paulus Jegineta, addeth to it that it helpeth the cholyke: they be hotte in the seconde degree and drye in the thyrde degre. It is to the stomake very commodiouse, taken in a lyttell quantitie.

☞ Nutmigges

With theyr swete odour comfote and dissolue, and somtyme comforteth the power of the sight and also the brayn in cold discrasies, and is hote and drye in the second degre.