170 THE ENGLISH PHYSICIAN ENLAIIGED. 



Descript.'] This wild hop groMcth up as the otlicr 

 doth, ramping upon trees or hedges that stand next to 

 Ihem, M'ith rough branches and leaves like the former, 

 but it givcth smaller heads, and in far less plenty than it, 

 so that there is scarce a head or two seen in a year on 

 divers of this wild kind, wherein consisteth the chief 

 diflercnce. 



Place.'] They delight to grow in low moist grounds, 

 and arc found in all parts of this land. 



Time.] They spring not up until April, and flower not 

 until the latter end of June ; the heads are not gathered 

 until the middle or latter end of September. 



Government and Virtues.] It is under the dominion of 

 Mars. This, in physical operations, is to open obstruc- 

 tions of the liver and spleen, to cleanse the blood, to 

 loosen the belly, to cleanse the reins from gravel, and 

 provoke urine. The deco6tion ot the tops of Hops, as 

 well of the tame as the wild, worketh the same effefls. 

 In cleansing the blood they help to cure the French dis- 

 ease, and all manner of scabs, itch, and other breakings- 

 out of the body ; as also all tetters, ring-worms, and 

 spreading sores ; the morphew, and all discolouring of 

 the skin. The deco6lion of the flowers and tops do help 

 to expel poison that any one hath drank. Half a dram 

 of the seed in powder taken in drink, killeth worms in 

 the body, bringeth down women's courses, and expelleth 

 urine. A syrup made of the juice and sugar, cureth the 

 jollow jaundice, easeth the head-ach that comes of heat, 

 and tempereth the heat of the liver and stomach, and is 

 profitably given in long and hot agues that rise in choler 

 and blood. Both the wild and the manured are of one 

 property, and alike effedlual in all the aforesaid dis- 

 eases, liy all these testimonies beer appears better 

 than ale. 



Mars owns the plant, and then Dr. Reason will tell you 

 how it performs these a6lions. 



Horehound. ?. {h. 2. d. 3.) 



There are two kinds of Horehound, white and black ; 

 the latter is also called Hen-bit j but the white is the one 

 here recommended. 



