Garlic (Askham)

Allium.

This herbe Allium is called Garleke, the vertue of this herbe is this: It wyll vnbynde all euell wyndes within a mans bodi. And it helpeth a man to make water, but it noyeth a mans eyes, and because he is vaporatyue. Also it maketh a man to drynke muche, and destroyeth the sighte, & it destroyeth and healeth venim within a man. Also it healeth al colde soores as it were tryacle. Also it heleth the scabbes, and morphews, or bladders, in what maner place they be in a mans body, so that it be well froted therwith, this herbe is hote and dry in the second degre.