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.

¶ Parsly.

PArsly pearceth and prouoketh vrine. 2 Both the seedes and roots preuaile against the stone. 3 Bruise the dried roote and drinke it with pure wine, to cause a good memory, to purge the blood, and to prouoke termes. 3 Eate the seedes for the swelling of the stomacke, the dropsie, to consume euill humors, to clense the liuer and void the paine of the loynes and bladder. 4 Vse sallads of Parsly, sorell & vineger, to helpe the burning feuer. 5 Eate the herb raw or sodden for the stopping of the bladder, to prouoke vrin and termes, to cleanse the kidnies, to expell winde, gripings of the belly, and swelling of the stomake. 6 The seeds in working are best, then the roots, and then the leaues. 7 Holy fire, apply Parsly with bread. 8 For stopping of vrin & griefs of the kidneys, apply Parsly. 9 Kidneys griefs, bruise the seeds & seeth them in water and drinke it, & apply the seedes with the white of an egge to the reines. 10 The seedes with white wine helpe the Iaundies. 11 Neither women with childe or in childebed, nor Nurses, may eate Parsly with their meate, for hindering conception, drying vp the milke of the breasts, & causing the yonglings to haue y^e falling sickenesse: yet doth Parsly being throwen into fish ponds, streng∣then and reuiue the sicke fish. 12 Breath corrupt & stinking, chew Parsly. 13 Stampe it and streine it with white wine, & drinke a good draught fiue or sixe times to driue out the vrine and stone. 14 Stampe it with the white of an egge, and apply it to the bruise of the eyes colde. 15 Shingles, stampe it with erums of bread, & apply it. 16 Vse it in meates to strengthen the stomake, cause appetite & digestion, & prouoke vrin. 17 The decoction of the roote or seede, openeth the stopping of the liuer, kidneys & all inner parts: driueth forth vrin, grauel & stone, & is a remedy against all poyson & venomous bitings, blasting & windinesse. 18 Vse the seeds in electuary, for the cough & other medicines for that pur∣pose. 19 Stampe the leaues with bread or barley flower, & apply it to red inflamed eyes, and Paps swollen with curded milke.

20 Parsly is ill for them that haue the falling sickenesse, and is vtterly to be shunned of them that haue it: it hurteth the stones, it is good for the Hicket. 21 The seed taken afore hand, withstan∣deth drunkennesse, it stirreth vp women to conception. 22 Sit in the decoction of Parsly, to draw forth the stone, to prouoke vrine, and heale the kidneis. 23 Vse Parsly against the inflation of the stomacke & belly, the chollike & paine of the sides, kidneys and bladder. 24 It driueth downe the dead yongling & the seconds, either drunke or put into the Matrixe. 25 Stampe Parsly & ap∣ply it to skabs, morphue and pushes, to cleanse them marueilously. Parsly is good for the dropsie and all obstructions, & to expell the vrin, stone, flowers & seconds, & dead yonglings put into the Ma∣trixe, and for feuers that come by fits. 26 Stampe Parsly with as much Fennell, and streine it & drinke it for the griefs of the blad∣der, to expell the stone & vrine, and to heale the stomacke. 27 For the stone chollike and Nephretica, drinke the iuice of Parsly with Aniseedes. 28 Flowers stopt, seethe Sauin with the rootes of Parsly, Smallach and Fennell with wine, and drinke it. 29 Se∣nowes ach, stampe Parsly & apply it, & when it is hote, apply fresh Parsly as often as neede is. 30 Strangury, seeth the leaues of Parsly, Fennell, and smallach, and mixe them with wheate bran, and apply it. 31 Trembling, vse Parsly seede and fennell seedes together. 32 Wounds to cleanse, seeth the rootes of Parsly and smallach in wine, and wash therewith. 33 To refresh the body, make thicke pottage with greene Parsly and flesh, and vse it, or vse Parsly with a good Hen-broth. 34 Side paine, seeth a quart of white wine with a sixt part of Hony, one handfull of Parsly, & two ounces of Parsly seede in a newe earthen pot, till the sixt part bee wasted, and when it waxeth colde, drinke thereof morne and euen, 35 Vrin to cause, seeth the roots of Parsly & the herbe Dasye in water, & drinke thereof morne & euen, especially with some water of Radish. 36 Strangury, vse the roots of Parsly and Fennell, (See Groundswell.) 37 Stone to voyd, make powder of the seedes of small ach & Parsly of ech like much, with as much suger; and take thereof on sops of bread dipt in wine after meales, & also first & last at morne & euen. Feuer quotidian, seeth a quarter of a Hen or chicken with water & Parsly, & iiii. leaues of Letuce, & vse it. 38 Eyes blacke & bruised, apply it with the white of an egge.

39 Stomacke hote, eate greene Parsley. 40 Breast payne, stampe Parsly, Isope and Sage, and apply them hote. 41 Belly hard and vrine stopt, drinke powder of the seedes of Parsly, Smal∣lach and Spurge, with wine or water morne & euen. 42 Vrin to cause, seeth a good piece of stone Pitch in a quart of white wine with the seedes of Parsly, Annise and suger, to the one halfe, and drinke it warme morne & euen. Feuers, (See Centory, Fennel.) 42 Chollike, bruise white Thyme and Parsly, and streine it with ale, & drinke it warme w^t powder of graines, or of greene broome seed, when neede is, (See Nettle.) 43 Bladder griefes, stampe Parsly, Smallach, and Fennell, of ech like much, and drinke them with water, (See Fennell, Cummin.) 44 Biting or stinging of an Addar, drinke the iuice of Parsly with vineger. 45 To clense the Matrixe & expell a dead childe and the seconds, put in the iuice with a clout into the Matrixe, & also drinke therof with any drink. 46 To cause deliuerance, drinke the iuice of the roots. 47 Gouts and aches, mixe Parsly with oile of Roses & womans milke, and a∣noint therewith. 48 Feuer tertian, drinke the iuice before the fit, (See Basill.) 49 Parsly ingendreth blood greatly, & is good for the Ptisike & the feuer tertian, the grief of the sides, & the dropsie: it comforteth the heart and stomacke, and is good in pottages. 50 Dropsie, eate Parsly with water Cresses and Mints dayly. 51 Pissing blood, drinke Ambrose, Parsly and Saxifrage, with Cowes milke daily. 52 Bladder griefs, drinke Smallach, Parsly and Fennell with water, to expell vrin and the stone. 53 Stone to breake, make powder of blacke Flints, Parsly seed, Fenel seed, and Towncres seed, and vse it morne & euen. 54 Stone & stop∣ping of the vrin, stampe it & streine it with white wine, & drinke a good draught fiue or vi. times, or seeth it in white wine w^t Thime, and into a good draught, shaue a spooneful of white sope, & drink it. 55 Ach in any part, seeth Parsly & Wormwood of ech a handful in a quart of ale, with some sweet butter, & wash well the place there∣with, and apply the herbe as hote as may be suffred. 56 Bladder ach, (See Fennel.) Breasts sore, (See Lillie.) 57 Emerods, stampe a handfull of Parsly with the roots and all, with sallet oyle, and let it stand one day, then streine it & anoynt therewith against the fire, & keepe thee warme, & be whole. 58 Vrin stopt, stampe it with Grounsell, & drinke it with white wine. 59 Grauel & stone,

vse it in pottage and possit ale with Parietarie and Saxifrage. 60 Stomake hote, eate greene Parslie with Galingale. 61 To slake the after-throwes after deliuerance, seeth the iuice of a good handfull of Parslie in a Cawdell or Alebrewe made fit for her, and let her drinke it: if she haue too much of her disease, let a spoone∣full of bruised Pepper be put into her Caudell: prooued. 62 To keepe a wound from ranckling, anoynt it with the iuice of Parslie: prooued. 63 Chollike, drinke powder of the seedes of Parslye, Alisander and Fennell. 64 Chollike and stone, boyle Parietary and Parslie ana one handfull, Bay berries bruised halfe a handfull, in white wine and drinke thereof: prooued. 65 Vrine to cause, stampe Rue, Gromell & Parslie, and drinke them with white wine and be whole. 66 Palsie, brew sacke with suger, & put therto the iuice of a good handful of Parslie, & drinke a good draught warme.

• Aches 47. 55
• Appetite 16
• Backe ach 3. 8. 23. 27
• Belly ach 5
  • hard 41
  • swollen 23
• Bitingings venem. 44
• Bladder griefs 3. 23. 26. 43. 52. 56
  • stopt 5. (See vrine)
• Blood to cause 3. 49
  • to cleanse 3
• Breast payne 40
• Breasts sore 56
  • swolne 19
• Breath stinke 12
• Chollike 23. 27. 42. 63. 64
• Conception 21
• Consumption 33. 49
• Cough 18
• Dead childe 24. 26. 45
• Deliuerance 24. 46
• Digestion 16
• Drunkennesse 21
• Dropsie 3. 26. 49. 50
• Eyes bruised 14. 38
  • inflamed 19
• Emerods 57
• Feuers 26. 42
  • hote 4 quotid. 37
  • tertian 48
• Fish sicke 11
• Flowers stopt 3. 5. 26
• Gout 47
• Grauell 17. 59
• Heart to comfort 49
• Hicket 29
• Holy fire 7
• Iaundies 10
• Kidnies griefes 8. 9. 22
  • to cleanse 5 (See stone.)
• Liuer griefes 3. 17
• Loynes paine 3
• Matrixe to cleanse 45
• Memory bad 3
• Milt stopt 17
• Morphue 25
• Obstructions generall 17. 26
• ...

• Palsey 66
• Pissing blood 51
• Plurisie 34. 49
• Poyson 17
• Ptisicke 49
• Pushes 25
• Seconds 24. 26. 45
• Shingles 15
• Sides paine 23. 34. 49
• Senowes ache 29
• Skabs 25
• Stomake hote 39. 60
  • swolne 3. 5. 23
  • weake 16. 49
• Stone 2. 13. 17. 22. 26. 27. 37. 52. 53. 54. 59. 64
• Strangury 30. 36
• Trembling 31
• Venom. 17
• Vrine stopt 1. 5. 8. 13. 16. 17. 22. 26. 35. 41. 42. 52. 54. 58. 65
• Windinesse (See Chollike.)
• Women deliuered 61
• Wounds 32. 62