COMMON HOP. 469 
the table liquors in common use. It is) service- 
able in dyspeptic complaints, and is particularly 
adapted to obviate the lassitude and debility felt 
by persons of relaxed habit in the spring, or on 
the approach of warm weather. A simple infu- 
sion has been employed for this purpose, but the 
fermented liquor derives a quality from the 
presence of carbonic acid, which renders it more 
agreeable, both to the palate and stomach. — 
The bitter principle of the Hop, in which its 
tonic property appears to reside, is abundantly 
soluble in water. Alcohol not only extracts this. 
portion, but dissolves also the resinous constitu- 
ents of the medicine. The tincture of hops is 
found to be bitter and aromatic, and to exert not 
only a strengthening effect on the viscera, but 
to influence considerably the nervous system in 
the character of an. —— and —— medi-. 
cine, “ig 
ott lame smnplaycie shai? tincture of ied very. 
ac in practice, and have, on the whole, had 
quite as much reason to be satisfied with its tonic 
operation, as with that of any of the bitter tine- 
tures in common use. Its narcotic power is 
slight when compared with that of opium, yet it 
nevertheless has, in certain cases, a decided 
property of procuring sleep. I have particularly 
