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towards the south, the more powerful is its 

 scent. The English name having no resem- 

 blance to that of any other language, induces 

 us to conclude that it was called hore, or 

 hoar, from the white frosty-like appearance 

 of the leaves, and hound, from its likeness to 

 the herb now called hound' s-tongue, the 

 smell of which approaches so near to that of 

 a kennel of hounds. 



Miller mentions fifteen species of the white 

 horehound. Aiton notices eleven in the 

 Hortus Kewensis, that are cultivated in this 

 country, all of which are European plants. 

 The leaves of the common white horehound 

 are considered to be attenuant and resolvent, 

 and are celebrated for the relief they give in 

 moist asthmas, and in most disorders of the 

 breast and lungs, of which a thick and vis- 

 cous matter is the cause. They are also of 

 great service in cachexies, and chronical dis- 

 orders, proceeding from a viscidity of the 

 fluids, and obstructions of the viscera. When 

 taken in infusion, a handful of fresh leaves, 

 or half a handful of dried ones, is considered 

 a dose. A dram of the dried leaves pow- 

 dered, and two or three ounces of the ex- 

 pressed juice, have each the like effect. 

 Lozenges made of the juice of this herb and 



