Hor. Humulus Lupulus. The flower. 
___ Description is unnecessary. It is an agreeable bitter, anodyne, 
diuretic remedy, though its virtues are not properly appreciated. 
The extract or tincture of hops may be advantageously substituted 
a in most.cases, as it possesses its anodyne qualities, with- 
_ out the narcotic ; and it may be given in many cases where opium 
: be employed. In consumptions, particularly, it is preferable, 
2s ease, without any deleterious effects. It has been employ- 
success - Jaundice, indigestion, hypochondriac passions, 
_ Another very useful purpose for which hops may be employed, is 
for fomentations in inflammatory fevers, especially in pleurisies, where | 
they give the most agreeable relief. A pillow filled with the flowers, 
and laid beneath the head, has been found to promote sleep in pa- 
tients afflicted with delirious fevers. 
_ ‘The extract of hops is made by boiling the strength to a thin sy- 
rup, and then evaporating it till it becomes thick, when it should be 
put in a pot, and covered with alcohol to prevent its moulding : dose 
from five to ten grains, in pills, to be taken three times a day, fast- 
___It is said the Spaniards boil a pound of the hop roots in four quarts 
of water down to six pints, and drink half a pint, warm in the morn- 
ing when in bed, to cure the venereal, 
Harpuack, Collinsonta. ‘The root. 
__ Also called ox balm, horseweed, stoneroot, healall, knotroot, rich- 
_ This plant rises with a straight stem about. two feet high: only 
> or three pairs of large thin leaves, on long footstalks, heart- 
shaped and pointed ; flowers yellowish, on long leafless spires ; root 
iotty, flat, and hard as astone. It is found from Canada to Caro- 
lina, generally in rich valleys, and very common in Pennsylvania 
and New-York. The whole plant has a strong balsamic smell, and 
affords by distillation, an essential oil possessing the same smell. 
The taste is pungent and warm. aah ie - 
_ Hardhack is healing, corroborant, carminative, subtonic, diuretic, 
and a warm stimulant. It is one of the plants called healail, in the 
United States, because they cure sores and wounds ; the Indian 
employ this plant for that purpose. In the mountains and hills ¢ 
