MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 139 
Marrubium vulgare, horehound. 
The whole plant of the horehound is used. The dried herb is 
either made into a powder or into an infusion by boiling in water. 
It has been much used domestically for jaundice, asthma, and uter- 
ine obstructions, also in the manufacture of cough syrups and candy. 
It is tonic, somewhat stimulant, and in large doses gently laxative. 
Medicago sativa, medick. 
This plant is soothing and laxative. 
Melilotus alba, sweet clover. 
The fiower of the clover is aromatic, emollient, expectorant, and 
diuretic. 
Mentha piperita, peppermint. 
Mentha spicata, spearmint. 
The whole plant possesses medical properties. It is aromatic 
and stimulant and is sometimes used to expel flatus and to obviate 
nausea, relieve pain in the bowels, and to disguise unpleasant tastes 
of other medicines. 
Monotropa uniflora, Indian pipe. 
The root is bitter, astringent, and emetic. It was sometimes used 
in epilepsy. 
Nepeta Cataria, catnip. 
Nepeta Glechoma, ground ivy. 
The plant has been used in domestic practice as a remedy for 
colic in infants, also for hysteria. 
Nuphar lutewm, nelumbo. 
The root, leaves, and seeds are used, being said to possess refrig- 
erant, laxative, diuretic and emollient properties. 
Nymphaea odorata, sweet-scented water-lily. 
The rhizome of this plant has been used as an astringent in 
dysentery, diarrhea, and catarrhal affections, in the last-named case 
both internally and locally. 
Ostrya virginiana, hop hornbeam. 
The bark is bitter, tonic, alterative, and antispasmodic. 
Oxalis stricta, wood sorrel. 
The leaves are reputed to be useful in scurvy and scorbutic affec- 
tions. An infusion is refrigerant and has been employed as a cool- 
ing drink in febrile affections. 
Panax quinquefolium, ginseng. 
The root of the ginseng has attained great fame from the aston- 
ishing virtues attributed to it in China, where it is considered a cure 
