The treasurie of health contayning many profitable medicines, gathered out of Hipocrates, Galen and Auicen / by one Petrus Hyspanus, and translated into English by Humfry Lloyd, who hath added thereunto the causes and signes of euery disease, with the Aphorismes of Hipocrates, and Iacobus de Partibus, redacted to a certaine order according to the members of mans bodie, and a compendious table containing the purging and confortative medicines, with the exposition of certaine names and weights in this booke contained, with an epistle of Diocles unto Kyng Antigonus..

¶ Remedies. Cap. xxv.

AGaynst the Pleurisy the beest ceunsell is to cure a va••ne of the contrary syde to the dyssease, af∣ter full ryping it ought to be on the same syde, for in the begynnyng the influence of the matter is to be tur∣ned on y^e cōtrary parte after the first Phelebothomy, then must vse hote repercussiue medicens that the out∣warde partyes of the bodye may be comforetyd and the motter gooe a∣waye, yf in deade there be anye sus∣pition of cold matter, vse partly re∣percussoue medicenes partly euapo¦catine comfortatiue, mainraliue a∣monge all whyche the best is a bie∣der

full of the decoction of Lamo∣mil, Hony, and Fenigreke, and such like.

In a hote Pleurisy neuer make euaporations, for then after muste you make the forer attractions, be∣cause that the laying to of thinges euaporating, worketh onely the in crease of paine, for all medicines e∣uaporating and draw from the in∣warde parte by subtyllinge the hu∣mour and entreaseth Rewme by o∣penynge the wayes, vse therefore Maturatiues, Ingrossatiues, and Diuisines, as these folowing, rote of Holyhoke, drye Liquiris, Ryce, Mylke or ioyce of wheate styped in water a certayn dayes, and Line¦seede, Fenygreke, Fleworte. Pease Barlye, and suche lyke the leede of Mayden heare, Endyue wyth Po∣pised mixte wyth warme thynges I haue receued this knowledge of

a certaine man and worthy credit, y^t this is a most sure remedy as with out daunger because it maketh the cause and humor of the pleurisy to come forth.

Stamp the rote of Scabiouse and halfe a pound of red Corall .ii. oun∣ces of Suger, and make a sirupe, & when the decoction shall begin to be almost enough put into the same a postd & a half, of the force of Sea ••ious of y^e pouder of corall asmuche let it be strained, and giue thereof a good draught to the paciēt it bre¦keth and openeth the aposteme in∣continēt and clenseth it by spitting. Stampe a cluster of drye figges, with suet, or oile of gum, and make a plaster therof, is of a wounderfull efficacy.

Make a plaster of the rote of ho∣ly hoke and fenig ••••ke, wyth bran Hempseede and bitter.

Make a good plaster of the bran

of fenigreke & Linsede, and where and of Leuin, make bread with but¦ter and aply the same hote.

Plint. Boile the bran of fenigreke & Lin¦sede in oyle of Violets and butter and mingle them with Mallowes dissolued and wyth freshe Hogges grece, hete all together, and make a plasture of it beinge hote and renue it often.

Dip wol in the decoction of Holy hoke and Butter, and lette-thy syde be wrapped often therwyth.

Mengle wel Leuenid bread with Butter, and w^t the decortion of Ho∣ly hoke, and oyle of bayes geuen to the pacient part therof to eate, and after make a plaster and laye it vn∣to the apostume behynd and before and y^• shalt fynde a wonderful cure:

Dsoscor. Rue dronke healeth the pleurysy quickely.

The dounge of a bore wyth wa∣ter is a syngulet helpe to those that

spit bloude.