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.

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Title: 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.
Author: Langham, William.
Publication: Imprinted at London :: [By the deputies of Christopher Barker],; 1579 [i.e. 1597]
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Subject terms: Botany, Medical -- Early works to 1800.; Materia medica -- Early works to 1800.
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¶ Ladies mantel.

LAdies mantel is much like to Sanicle in qualitie, & serueth for all such griefes as Sa∣nicle is good for, and also taketh away all heat of all wounds, inflamed vlcers, and apo∣stumes. 2 The same stampt and applyed to the paps of wiues and mayds, maketh them hard and firme. It hath also the vertues of Tormentill. 3 It is very good for burstings in children. (See Sanicle.) 4 Drink one dram of the powder with iii. ounces of the water to helpe all ruptures in short time without cutting, and with the water & sugar xv. or xx. dayes to cause conception letted by cold causes.

Apostumes 1
Brests fagging 2
Bursten 3
Conception 4
Inflammations 1
Sores 1
Wounds 1