The garden of health conteyning the sundry rare and hidden vertues and properties of all kindes of simples and plants, together with the maner how they are to be vsed and applyed in medicine for the health of mans body, against diuers diseases and infirmities most common amongst men. Gathered by the long experience and industrie of William Langham, practitioner in phisicke.

Dockes.

DOcks and Sorell: the leaues of all Dockes sodden, and ea∣ten, loosen the bellie gently, and so doeth the broth of them. 2 Head apostume and swellings, stampe the greene leaues and a litle saffron, and oyle of roses, and applie it. 3 Bloodie flixe, or laske, seethe the seedes in water or wine, and drinke it, it helpeth also the wambling payne of the stomacke, and venemous by∣tings. 4 Eate the seedes afore hande, and no byting or sting∣ing shall paine thee. 5 Seethe the roote in wine, and drinke it to heale the Iaundies, prouoke vrine and termes, and to breake and expell the stone and grauell. 6 The roote boyled in vineger, or bruised rawe, doeth heale all skurfes, as itche, and maunge, and griefes of the skinne, beeing applyed. 7 The decoction or broth of the roote helpeth all maunge, festering, and consuming skabbes being washed therewith. 8 Teethach, seethe the roots in wine, and holde it in thy mouth, and put thereof into the eare for the paine thereof. 9 Boyle the rootes and applie them to harde kernels and swellings behinde the eares to consume them,

stampe them with vineger, and apply them to the hardnesse of the milt. 10 Flowers to stop, stampe the rootes and apply them to the Matrix. 11 Kings euill, or swelling in the throate, hang the roote about thy necke. 12 Headach, stampe sorell with oyle of roses, and apply it. 13 Whatsoeuer meate is sodden with any kind of Docke, will become tender, though it be neuer so olde. 14 Conception to cause, tie the seeds to the left arme. 15 The rootes eyther newe or drie put into wine, will turne it from white to redde. 16 The great garden Docke drunke in wine, purgeth flegme, choller and water downeward. 17 Carie the feedes of sorell gathered by a chaste boye about thee, and thou shalt haue no pollution of seede neither by night nor by daye. 18 Swine pockes, hang sorell rootes about thy necke, or plantine rootes. 19 Drinke one dramme of the roote of the garden Docke, or Monkes rubarb to purge withall. 20 Chol∣licke, seethe the leaues of Dockes, and mallowes in water, and stampe them and applie them. 21 Milt-swollen, seethe the roote in strong vineger, and stampe it and applie it: the leaues so vsed, doeth the like. 22 Vrine stopt, stampe the rootes, and seethe them with wine, and applye it aboue the yarde. 23 Face salsflegme, mixe the iuice of redde Dockes and worme∣wood with aloes, and anoynt. 24 Goute, seethe the leaues of great Docke in Maye with wine or Ale, and drinke it. 25 Scabbes and Itche, boyle the iuice of redde Dockes, with giltes greace, till the iuice bee consumed: then put thereto a little Turpentine, and Quicke-siluer mortified, and vse it. 26 Leaprie, stampe the rootes of sharpe redde Dockes, and rounde Dockes, their pith taken out, and boyle them with vine∣ger and salt butter till the vineger bee consumed, and vse it both for the Impetigo and Serpigo: or boyle the iuice of sharpe leaued Dockes with Swines greace, till the iuice bee consu∣med. Then streyne it, and put thereto Turpentine, and quick-siluer mortified, and anoynt therewith the Morphew, white or blacke spottes and Leaprie. 27 Leaprie, boyle the iuice of sharpe Dockes, Fumiterre, and Scabious ana like muche with swines greace, till the iuice bee consumed, then streine it and anoynt therewith morne and euen. 28 Stitch, stampe redde fenell, and redde Dockes, and frye them with Maye

butter, and applie it. 29 Make oyntment of the rootes of Celondine, and redde Dockes, with wormewood, of eche like muche, tempered with Maye butter, and vse it, prooued. 30 Wormes in the handes, Boyle the iuice of wormewood and redde Dockes with Maye butter, and stirre it: and when it is thicke like a salue, keepe it to thy vse. 31 Emerodes, Roste the leaues of redde Dockes, Columbine and Leekes in the em∣bers, and stampe them, and applie them, and bee whole in three dayes. 33 Impostume to breake, stampe the rootes of redde Dockes with Licoras and anniseedes of eche like much, and seethe them in water till the thirde part be wasted: then streyne it, and drinke it daylie. 33 Kinges euill, seethe redde Docke rootes in white wine, and drinke it dayly. 34 Handes scab∣bed, stampe sharpe leaued Dockes, and Fumiterre, of eche like muche, and make it an oyntment with Maye Butter, Swines greace, and some roche allume, and anoynt there∣with. 35 Itche, boyle the rootes of sharpe leaued Dockes or Sorell, and washe therewith. 36 Iaundies, washe the rootes of the reddest Dockes, and put them into a vessell of good ale, and when it is stale, drinke thereof dayly. 37 Burning, an∣oynt with the iuice of Sorell and Plantine. Fluxe to stoppe, vse powder of redde Docke seedes. 38 Goute, grinde the o∣uer barke of redde Docke rootes with vineger, and boyle them to the one halfe, and straine it and anoynt. 39 Brayne to purge, put in the iuice of Rue and redde Dockes into thy nose. 40 Breast and breath stopt, make pannecakes with Dockes and egges, or meate, and vse them. 41 Iaundies, lay the rootes all night in ale, and drinke thereof. 42 Apostumes to ripen, Roste the rootes or leaues of Dockes, and Lilies in the embers, and applye them with Swines greace. 43 Coddes swollen, stampe the rootes with Swines greace, and applie them. 44 Morphewe, anoynt with the iuice. 45 To knowe whether the Goute be hote or colde, roste the tender stalke of a redde Docke in a leafe of the same Docke, and applie it to the holes eight & four∣tie houres, and if it fall not away, it is the Goute, Festerhote. 46 Scabbes, stampe redde Docke rootes with fresh butter, and boile them and straine it into colde water, and gather the oyle and an∣oynt therewith.

• Apostume to ripen 42
• Bellie bound 1. 16. 19
• Bloodie flixe 3
• Brayne to cleanse 39
• Brest griefes 40
• Breath stopt 40
• Burning 37
• Biting venimous 34
• Chaste to be 17
• Chollicke 20
• Cods swelling 43
• Conception to cause 14
• Emerods 31
• Face salsflegme 23
• Flowers stopt 5
  • to stoppe 10
• Goute 24. 38. 45
• Grauell 5
• Handes skabbed 34
  • wormes 30
• Headach 12
  • apostume 2
  • swollen 2
• Iaundies 36. 41
• Impostume 32
• Itch 25. 29. 35
• Kernels 9
• Kings euill 9. 11. 18. 33
• Laske 3
• Leapry 26. 27
• Maunge 6. 7
• Milt hard 9
  • swollen 21
• Morphew 26. 44
• Purgation 16. 19
• Reynes running 17
• Scabbe 6. 7. 25. 29. 34. 46
• Skinne foule 6. 7
• Skurfe 6. 7
• Stomake paine 3
• Stitch 28
• Stone 5
• Swelling 9
• Swine pockes 18
• Teethach 8
• Throte swollen 11. 18
• Vrine stopt 5. 22
• Wine to colour 15
  • wormes 30