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. Capi. xxx.

Galen. Yarowe dronke restranythe the flux of the hemorrhoydes, and a swageth the payne of them y^e

flowe not, bring dronke, or informe of a plaster.

Make a hath of mollē cod in wyne vsyd in a plaster belith.

Item the leues of hēbane, & Pars¦lande, the yolke of a rostid egge, the pyth of bread, oyle of Roses, ming∣led together, and made in a plaster, apply them to the grefe, the same in contynent healeth.

If the hemorrhoydes flowe ouer muche, make a supposytorye of Ce¦ruse alone, or of Ipoquistidos or els myxt burnte lede, Ceruse, Ipo∣quistidos, & Acasia wyth pytch cal∣led Colofonia, and order them as a suppository.

Against the paine of hemorrhoides make a playster of ceruse, of burnte lede, the yolkes of rosted egges oile of roses, mingled together, put ther vnto Sumache, it helith all the he∣morthoydes and al vlcers about y^e fundament.

Anyse sede brunt and layd vnto the grefe w^t hony, helith hemorrhordes

The dust of rosty yron, or the sca∣les of yron mingled wyth the ioyce Molen, is very good.

Galen, Dyp olde sylke in the watter of the decoctiō of Dil, and afterwarde drye it, and therwyth wype the he¦morthoyde, and make a supposyto∣ry of the same.

Diosco. A plaster of Rosemarye leaues helith the hemortoydes.

Comon clay restranyth the flux of the hemorrhoydes.

Ashes of egges shels that chye∣kyns were hatchid, in, gyuen with white wyne fastyng, help the hemor∣rhoydes incontinent.

Agaynst the hemorrhoydes being swolen & not runnynge, sethe hore∣hound in water wine and salte, put it in a close stoule, sit ouer the same to take the ayre therof vpward be∣inge ho••e and lay y^e herbe therto for

a plaster.

Peter. If the hemorrhoydes be much hā∣ging and paynful, make a playster of lynnē cloth and harde pitche, and vpō the plaster cast pouder of sma∣lage rote and mastyche, apply it to the grefe it helpeth incontinent.

Myngle Intimonium wyth the ioyce of Mollen, were silke therin and apply it to the hemeroydes, it healeth the paynes therof.

The pouder of Agarihe mingled with the ioyce of Sowbreade and warme oyle, is very good.

The heares of an Have made in pouder and cast vppon the Heme∣rhoydes both incontinent restraine their bleding.

The yolke of a rosted egge mixt with oyle of Rosts and layd to the grefe in forme of a plaster, healeth the payne of the Hemeroydes.