The breuiarie of health vvherin doth folow, remedies, for all maner of sicknesses & diseases, the which may be in man or woman. Expressing the obscure termes of Greke, Araby, Latin, Barbary, and English, concerning phisick and chirurgerie. Compyled by Andrew Boord, Doctor of phisicke: an English-man.

The .192. Chapter doth shew of suppression of a mans body.

* 1.1ISchuria is the greke word. In latin it is named Suppressio vrine. In english it is named suppression of vrine, that is to say, that when a man would pisse and can not.

The cause of this impediment.

¶ This impediment doth come many wayes, either by opi∣lacion or stopping of the stone, or some grosse humour, or els thorow some euil humour growing in y^e condite of the vrine, or els it may come thorow long retencion, or long holding in a mans water.

A remedy.

Take of y^e sedes of Gordes thrée drams and they made in pouder, drinke it with white wine or renish wine or renish wine. Or els take halfe an vnce of Parcely séedes, and of Geate stones a drame, make fine pouder of it, & drinke it with white wine.

For Ischiadici, looke in the Chapter named Sciatica passio.

For Isophagus looke in the Chapter named Isophagus

Notes

• * 1.1

  Stop∣ping of vvater.