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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¶ Camepitis.

CAmepitis, ground Pine, hearbe Iue, or fielde Cypers: liuer, milt, kidneis, and bladder stopt, seethe it and Germander in oyle, and apply it and vse the powder of the hearbes as an Elec∣tuarie with hony. 2 Drinke the distilled water of Camepitis, and anoint the place with it to helpe the goute. 3 The leaues drunke with wine seuen dayes, healeth the Iaundies. 4 And drunke with Mede or Mellicrate fourtie dayes, it healeth the scia∣tica. 5 Liuer and flowers stopt, drinke it. Woundes and cor∣rupt vlcers, stampe it greene with hony, and apply it. 6 Pappes hard, stampe it greene, and apply it, and so it healeth also all vene∣mous bitings. 7 Dead childe, and inwarde bruises, seethe it in vineger and drinke it. 8 Sweate to cause, anoint with the iuice.

Bitings venom. 9. 6
Bladder stopt 1
Breastes hard 6
Bruised 7
Dead childe 7
Flowers stopt 5
Goute 2
Iaundies 3
Kidneis stopt 1
Liuer stopt 1
Milt stopt 1
Sciatica 4
Sweate to cause 8
Vlcers 5
Woundes 5