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It Is a native of Siberia, and 
d flowers from June till Septembe 
I'he HyiTop, mentioned in the Old Teftamen 
be the pi 
t 
here deferibed, whi 
fiippofc 
s 
the tJy^^wo^ of the Greeks 
ther the Efof of the Hebrews 
Gerard 
The 
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d 
It was firfl: cultivated 
IS now extremely 
of Hyflop have an aromatic fm 
in England by 
in our gardens. 
and a bitteriih mo- 
derately warm tafle. They give out their adive matter both 
d to redified fp 
fpirituous tindure 
y 
the laft moft perfedly. On infpilTating the 
of 
f] 
diftills with the menilruum 
the remainin 
of the herb exhales or 
extrad is bitteriih, and 
, diftilled fi 
flrongly impregnated with its fla 
very warm, and difcovers a penetrating pungency, fomewhat like that 
of camphor. Water, diftilled from the frelh herb, is found pretty 
rifes to the furface, which 
an eifential 
refembl 
p 
the HyiTop 
b 
is very punge 
fep 
and 
and in fmell 
r 
Dr Cullen claiTes this and all the vertlcillated plants as ftimulants 
and this quality is to be afcribed to the quantity of effential oil whicli 
they 
the Hyffop 
ftimulant ; and with a view to thefe 
efore may b 
s, 
& 
aromatic and 
recommends it as 
an emmanagogue and antihyfteric ; ^ but it is chiefly employed 
ped 
and h 
b 
/ 
ailhmas, coughs, & catarrhal 
long thought an ufeful medicine in humora 
for this purpofe, an infufi 
01- the leaves, fweetened with honey or fugar, and dran 
byL 
Th 
^ 
■X 
app 
V as tea, Is 
of Hyffop is faid 
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/ 
be particularly efficacious in the v/ay of fomentation and p 
111 contufions 
d f 
avaffated fluids 
d 
g the blacknefs 
o 
r 
fioned by the 
-. k 
Vide Le Clerc's Hift. p. 626. cited by Alfton, who fays, t fiiall 
xix. ver. 2g 
the M. M. 
Gofpel, chap, xxvii. ver. 48. is Is^c^tto^ m St. T 
V. 11. 
life or cyfe 
1. e 
^ All th 
p. 152. 
Hort. Kew 
HyiTop of the Arabians. Le^:. oa 
M. p. 348. 
R 
old writers_ praife It highly in this refpea : 
ibus herba intra familum ariin ^r,^^ „;^^ j^^ 
M. M. p. 512 
Nee excluduntur fug 
mmended as a vermlfuo-e by Rofenft 
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