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.

¶ Cinnamom.

CInnamom comforteth the stomacke and principall partes of the body. 2 An excellent water of Cinnamom, beate one pound of good Cinnamom somewhat grosse, and steepe it in a pottell of good rose water with as much Sacke or Canary wine, or els in a gallon of wine without rose water in a close vessel xxiiii. houres, then still it in a limbek, and keepe a pinte of the first wa∣ter by it selfe, for the latter wil be weaker: some put one pound of good Sugar candy to it with the Cinnamom to steep to make it pleasant, and that is the best way. It hath innumerable ver∣tues especially to restore and preserue: it strengtheneth the brain, stomacke, liuer, milt and sinewes, one spoonefull taken nowe and then. 3 Cinnamom helpeth the stopping of the liuer, flixes of all sortes, the dropsie, all paine of the guts, lungs and breast. It causeth a sweete breath, and is good in sops and blaunch powder. 4 Eares griefes, vse it with oyle: flowers and vrine stopt, vse it with Myrrhe. 5 Stomacke colde, make powder of Cinna∣mom, Galangal, Mints, and Sugar, and vse it vpon tostes with Ale or Wine. 6 Teeth to bee white, and breath to bee sweete. Mix powder of Cinnamom and Corall with vineger of squilles,

and rub them therewith. 7 Yard apostumed, blow in powder of Cinnamom that hath lost his vertue, and of the pil of a Pomegra∣nate betweene the skin and the yarde. 8 Fluxe, mixe powder of vii. or viii. Acorns, with two drams of Cinnamom, and a quanti∣tie of fine chalke, and seethe them in Sacke, and drink it and none other drink xxiiii. houres. 9 Chaps, put in powder of Cinnamom.

In paste, one pound of the powder of it with oyle of sweet Al∣monds till it be like an oyntment, and warme it, and let it stand in a earthen vessel wel glased and close couered xiiii. dayes, then heat it and presse out the oyle, it preserueth the stomack from cor∣ruption being vsed both inward and outward. (See Almonds, Yarow, Knotgrasse, Horsetaile.)

• Belly griefes 3
• Breast griefes 3
• Breath ill 3
• Chaps 9
• Chollick 3
• Dropsie 3
• Eares griefes 4
• Fluxes generall 3. 8
• Flowers stopt 4
• Liuer griefe 2. 3
• Lungs griefes 3
• Milt griefe 2
• Sinewes griefes 2
• Sicknesse generall 2
• Stomack griefes 1. 5
• Teeth clensing 6
• Vrine stopt 4
• Yard apost. 7

¶ Cimbelaris. (See Penywort.)