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.

¶ Sothernwood.

SOthernwood, the seed either greene, or drie, in powder, or boi∣led in wine or water, and drunke, helpeth shortnesse of breath, streitenesse of winde, and hardnesse, burstings, and shrinkings of the sinewes, the sciatica, stopping of the vrine and termes, and all cold moisture, tough flegme, and stopping of the milt, kidneis, blad∣der and matrix. 2 And drunke in wine, it is good against all poy∣son and venome, and destroyeth wormes. 3 The perfume or smel of it driueth away all venemous beasts, 4 The ashes mixt with oyle of Palma Christi, or of rapes, or of raddish, or olde oyle oliue, restoreth haire, the head being anoynted with it twise a day against the sunne or fire, and causeth the bearde to come foorth speedily. 5 Stampe Sothernwood with a rosted quince, and applie it to all inflammations of the eyes. 6 Stampe it with barley meale, and seethe them together, and applie it to dissolue all colde humours and swellings. 7 Steep it in oyle and anoynt all members taken

or benumbed with cold, and bruises, & shiuerings of agues. 8 Lay it vnder thy bed, pillow or bolster, to prouoke carnall copulation. and resist all inchantments letting the same. 9 Eyes burning, and swelling, Seethe with white bread in water, and applye it, 10 The iuice mixed with oyle of Dill, causeth haire to growe in anie place of the bodie. 11 The iuice drunke with Wine, de∣fendeth from the Apoplexia. Palsie, anoynt with the iuice. 12 Boyle the hearbe with Quince kernels to dissolue apostumes and flegmatike humours. 13 Boyle it in oyle Oliue and an∣oynt the head to auoyde all intemperate coldnesse of it. 14 Boile it with with Wine and Sugar, and drinke it to heate the sto∣macke. Boyle it with Parsley and sugar, and drinke it to breake and expell the stone of the bladder and kidneys. 15 The oyle of it anoynted beneath the nauill, expelleth vrine. 16 The hearbe drunke with Wine helpeth against poysons, and bytings of venemous beastes and wormes. 17 The roote drunke of∣ten, killeth the wormes, and so doeth the iuice drunke with a little milke. 18 Seethe the hearbe with ysope, licoras, or su∣gar in Wine, and drinke it for the griefes of the lungs and breast. 19 Bruise the hearbe with oyle and salt, and apply it to the pul∣ses of the handes, as a remedie against the feuer. 20 Seethe the toppes of the flowers in Wine, or water, with honie or su∣gar, and drinke it three or foure times a day to helpe shortnesse and straitenesse of the breath, to cleanse out the griefes of the breast, to helpe the Cardiacke passion, and the Cough, to cleanse out the humours of the lunges, kidneys, matrix and blad∣der, to helpe the dropping of the vrine, and to cease all inwarde griefes. 21 Stomacke weake, applie the hearbe in a linnen bagge somewhat dried, to comfort it. 22 Sciatica and Goute in any place, bruise it with butter or oyle, or both, and seethe them in wine till the wine bee consumed, then streyne it, and an∣oynt therewith, or drinke the iuice of Sothernwood warme with wine. 23 Breath short, seethe it in wine and drink it. 24 Fore∣head ache, and Vertigo, stampe it with honie and vineger, and drinke it. 25 Mouth vlcers, stampe it with honie and anoynt both inwarde and outwarde. 26 Speaking in sleepe, drinke it with wine. 27 Flowers to stoppe, stampe it and drinke it with redde wine. 28 Backe-ache, stampe it with vineger and

salt, and applie it hote. 29 Eares wormes, put in the iuice. 30 Haire falling, seethe the barke in water, and washe there∣with. 31 Speech lost, (See Irios) Womens secrete griefes, vse it with ale. 32 Chollicke, applie a plaster of it and Worme∣wood with vineger, honie, and barley meale. 33 Stone, (See Parietarie.) Haire to growe, washe with Lee of the ashes of it. 34 Head giddie, drinke it. Pricke, stampe it with freshe greace, and applie it. 35 Haire to restore, mixe the ashes with oyle of raddish, and anoynt the balde place. 36 Speaking in sleepe, and for the Vertigo, and swimming in the head, drinke it to bed∣ward with wine & a litle hony. (See Betony, Rue. 37 Wits lost, drink the iuice with stale ale. Belliach, (see Rue. 38 Drinke pow∣der of the seeds against al venemous bitings, and of the hearb to kil wormes. 39 Powder of the hearbe with barley meale, breaketh hard apostumes. 40 Headach, stampe it with vineger, and honie, and apply it. 41 Face salseflegme, eat tansie and Sothernwood. 42 Frensie, stampe Marigold, Sothernwood, and sage, and strein it, and drinke it with Wine or ale sixe dayes morne and euen. Wormes, drinke it and tansie with posset-ale. 43 Sothernwood is good for the Cough and gnawing in the bellie and breast, griefs of the bones, and stopping of the vrine, the seede beeing stamped with water and drunke. 44 Sides griefe, stampe it with Be∣tonie and drinke it. 45 Bitings venemous, and for the colde Feuer, drinke it with wine. 46 Teeth-ach, seethe it in vineger, and holde it in thy mouth.

• Ach 22. 43 (See Goute.
• Apostume 6. 12. 39
• Apoplexia 11
• Backach 28
• Belly-ach 37. 43
• Benumbed 7
• Bewitched 8
• Bitings venemous 16. 38. 45
• Bladder stopt 1 (See Vrine
• Bones ache 43
• Breast griefes 18. 19. 43
• Breath short 1. 19. 23
• Bruise 7
• Bursten 1
• Chollicke 32
• Cold griefes 7
• Conception 8
• Cough 43
• Eares wormes 29
• Eies heate 9 swolne 9
• Face salseflegme 4
• Feuers cold 7. 19. 45
• Flowers stopt 1
  • to stop 27
• ...

• Frensie 42
• Gowte 22
• Hardnesse 1
• Heart griefes 20
• Headach 24. 40
  • cold griefes 13
  • giddie 24. 34. 36
• Haire to growe 4. 10. 30. 33. 35
• Madde 37. 42
• Matrix stopt 1. 20
• Milt stopt 1. 20
• Mouth vlcers 25
• Kidneys stopt 1. 20
• Lungs griefes 18. 20
• Palsie 11
• Poyson 2. 16
• Pricke 34
• Sciatica 1. 22
• Sinewes griefes 1
• Sicknesse generall 20
• Sides griefes 44
• Speech lost 31
• Speaking in sleepe 26. 36
• Stomacke colde 14
  • weake 21
• Stone 14
• Swellings 6
• Teethach 46
• Venome 23. 16
• Vrine stopt 1. 15. 20. 43
• Wits lost 37. 42
• Womens griefes 31
• Wounds 2. 16. 17. 38. 42