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.

¶ Allder.

ALlder is good against impostumes and swellings in the throte, and kernels, or almonds vnder the tongue euell as well as the shales or greene pilles of Walnuts, it dieth blacke co∣lour. 2 The leaues be much vsed against hot swellings, vlcers, and all inward inflamations. 3 The same are good to bee put into the shooes of them that are surbated and wearie, to mitigate the heate and paine. 4 The greene leaues with their dewe in the mornings, are good to be strawed in chambers to voyde fleas, the chamber being first swept. The barke with olde iron put into wa∣ter, maketh blacke as inke. The wood neuer rotteth in water nor in moyst ground, but rather turneth into stone. 5 The iuice of the barke is good for a burning. 6 The iuice of blacke Allder which is yellowe, being steeped in wine or beere and drunke, cau∣seth to vomit vehemently, & cleanseth the stomake. 7 The same

boyled in vineger and holden in the mouth, swageth tooth ache, and cureth skurfe and fretting sores being applied. The leaues cause kine to giue good store of milke, if they eate them, for they are good fodder.

• Blacke to colour 4
• Burnings 5
• Colouring 2
• Feete sore 3
• Fleaes 4
• Impostumes 1
• Inflamation 2
• Kernels 1
• Milke to cause 7
• Mouth sores 1
• Skurfe 7
• Sores 7
• Stomake clensing 6
• Surbated 3
• Swellings 2
• Teeth-ache 7
• Throte swolne 1
• Vomit to cause 6
• Wearinesse 3