472 HUMULUS LUPULUS. 
painful swellings, When steeped in hot brandy 
and held in the mouth, they sometimes relieve 
the pain of a carious tooth: For all these pur: 
poses, no doubt, they often fail, yet there is little 
temerity in asserting that they are equally to be 
depended on in such cases, with the rest ie the 
articles of the Materia Medica. 
The most common form for internal ns 
where a sedative effect is desired, is that of the 
saturated tincture. The powder separated from 
the hops may be given in substanee with a cer: 
tainty of securing all their medicinal effects. 
This powder must be given in small doses, to be 
retained on the stomach and bowels. Dr. Bry- 
orly found that twenty or twenty five grains left 
a sense of acrimony in the throat, and were fol- 
lowed by a good deal. of nausea,” and: in some 
instances by purging. TAAL aged 
The vine of the hop has: nag ns 
to some economical uses. In spring, when the 
young shoots first emerge from the ground, they 
are boiled and eaten as asparagus, and are 
accounted yery salubrious. The fibres of the vine 
are strong and flexible and have been manufac 
tured into a coarse cloth in Sweden and England, 
particularly for the sacks in which the a are 
carried to market. | 
