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.

¶ Morell, Nightshade, &c.

MOrell, Nighshade, or Petymorell. The green leaues stam∣ped with parched barly mease, is marueilous good against S. Anthonies fire, corrupt & running vlcers, and all hote inflam∣mations, and so is the iuice with oile of Roses, ceruse and litarge. 2 The same by it selfe is good against headach, the heat of the sto∣macke, and all hote distemperance of the eares, eyes, liuer, milt, and bladder, being stampt and applied. 3 The same with salt, dissolueth the apost. & swellings behind the eares called Parotides being applied. 4 The iuice mixt with the white of an egge and applied to the forehead, is good against all inflammations, rednes,

reumes, fluxions, and all other hote diseases of the eyes. 5 Eares paine, drop in the iuice. 6 Flowers to stop, apply it with cotten as a supposicer. 7 Morell is good against all diseases and acci∣dents which neede cooling or restreining, tetters, hote scurfe and scabs. 8 The iuice drunk, doeth helpe the yelow iaundies, the burning of choller, but if one be euill at ease after it, let him drink Oximell simplex, & put his finger into his mouth to vomit. 9 Fe∣lon, drink the iuice of Morell and Planten, and apply the herbs. 10 Lust to voyd, anoynt the priuities often with the iuice of Mo∣rell. 11 Sleepe to cause, drink the iuice of greene Beries well clarified. 12 Hands itch and worms, anoint with iuice of the lesse Morell Beries. 13 Impost. in the stomacke, liuer or bowels, drink the iuice of Morell with a ptisand of barley to ripen it and destroy it. 14 Gomer passion, anoynt thy yard and clothes with Camphire and the iuice of Morell. 15 Lust to voyde, anoynt the yard with the iuice of great Morel, Housleek & vineger. 16 Sores ranckling in the hand, apply the iuice of Morell with a possit curd. 17 Frensy, apply the iuice w^t vineger to the temples. 18 Eies vl∣cers, put in the iuice. 19 Iaundies, drink the iuice. 20 Feuers hot, seethe it & apply it to the stomack. 21 For any thing fallen in∣to the eare, put in the iuice. 22 Emerods and swelling of the fun∣dament, heat Morell on a tilestone and apply it. 23 Fundament falling, stamp Morell with as much Houndstong, and seethe it in ale, and drink it, & stamp Garlik, and fill the orifice with it, & it wil draw it in & heale it. 24 Wounds aking, burning, & ranckling, mix the iuice of Morell & Planten, & Smallach, with hony, barly meale, or wheat flower, & whites of egs, and apply it cold. 25 Pe∣ty Morell, the leaues, and branches, & fruit, are best greene, they are good for stopping of the milt & liuer, & for the yelow iaundies, the iuice drunk w^t a litle Rubarb. 26 Impost. in any part, seethe the iuice with barly water & drink it. 27 Yard chafed, boyle the iuice with Linseed & barowes grease, and apply it hot. It helpeth also the sorenesse of the yard & womens brests. 28 Ach or gouts in the armes or bones, mix Morel with oyle, & let it stand ix. daies, then strein it & anoynt therewith by the fire. 29 Nightshade for biting of a mad dog, seethe it with milke & strein it & drink it with sugar: prooued. 30 Burne Nightshade, & blow the powder into the mouth for the stink thereof. 31 Guts paine, seethe it in water

with asshes & apply it. 32 Haire not to fall, seethe the roots with Mustardseed in wine & wash therewith. 33 Eares noyse, put in the iuice of the leaues. 34 Eies scum white or red drop in y^e iuice.

• Aches generall 24. 28
• Apost. 3
• Armes ache 28
• Belly ache 31
• Bitings venemous 29
• Bladder hote 2
• Bones ache 28
• Brests sore 27
• Choller 8
• Eares griefes 2. 5. 21. 33
• Eyes griefes 24. 18. 34
• Emerods 22
• Fellon 9
• Feuers hote 20
• Flowers to stop 6
• Fundament fallen 23. swoln 22.
• Frensy 17
• Gomer pas. 14
• Gout 28
• Hands itch 12. worms 12.
• Head ache 2
• Haire falling 32
• Hote griefes 2
• Iaundies 8. 19. 25
• Impost. 13. 26
• Inflam. 1
• Liuer hote 2. stopt 25.
• Lust to voyde 10. 15
• Mad 17
• Mad dog 29
• Milt hote 2. stopt 25.
• Mouth stink 30
• Neck swollen 3
• Ranckling 16
• Reins running 14
• S. Anthonies fire 1
• Sleepe to cause 11
• Scabs 7
• Scurfe 7
• Sores 15
• Stomack hote 2
• Swellings 3
• Tetters 7
• Vlcers hote 1
• Wounds 24
• Yarde chafed 27. sores 27.