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Elixir  of  Hops. 
/Am.  Jour,  Pharm. 
\      July.  1875- 
The  designation  "Glyconated  Emulsion  "  may  serve  a  good  purpose 
when,  from  idiosyncracy,  the  name  of  cod-liver  oil  is  unpalatable. 
Flathushy  L.  /.,  June,  1875. 
ELIXIR  OF  HOPS. 
BY  J.  B.  MOORE. 
Hops  are  a  favorite  remedy  with  many  physicians  in  various  nervous 
disorders.  Both  alone  and  in  conjunction  with  other  remedies,  it  is 
much  employed  in  the  treatment  of  delirium  tremens  and  the  general 
nervous  disturbance  and  morbid  vigilance  so  often  the  result  of  inebri- 
ation and  debauch. 
In  the  form  of  elixir,  as  prepared  by  the  formula  presented  in  this 
naper,  a  number  of  my  medical  friends  have  employed  it  for  several 
years,  in  the  class  of  cases  just  referred  to,  with  the  most  gratifying 
results. 
When  carefully  prepared  by  skillful  hands,  the  tincture  and  fluid 
extract  of  hops  (the  latter  not  officinal)  are  both  good  preparations  of 
the  drug  ;  but  owing  to  the  bulkiness  of  hops,  which  renders  their 
percolation  difficult,  unless  great  care  is  taken,  both  in  reducing  them 
to  a  powder  of  sufficient  fineness,  and  also  in  packing  them  preparator}/ 
to  percolation,  they  will  be  only  partially  exhausted.  These  prepara- 
tions are,  therefore,  often  liable  to  be  of  very  uncertain  strength.  Be- 
sides, the  very  unpleasant  taste  of  the  tincture  and  fluid  extract  of  hops, 
as  that  of  the  same  preparations  of  lupulin,  prevents  their  general  use. 
Many  delicate  persons  cannot  tolerate  the  use  of  any  of  these  prepar- 
ations, on  this  account.  This  fact  evidently  calls  for  a  more  palatable 
preparation  of  the  drug.  An  elixir  of  hops,  therefore,  when  well  made 
and  of  sufficient  strength,  is  a  very  desirable  and  important  preparation. 
It  will  enable  the  physician  to  avail  himself  of  the  use  of  the  drug  in 
many  cases  where  he  would  otherwise  be  compelled  to  forbear  its  em- 
ployment. 
It  is  the  opinion  of  many  that  lupulin  is  the  only  active  portion  of 
hops  ;  but  this  I  believe  to  be  a  very  great  mistake.  Lupulin  may  be 
the  chief,  but  not  the  only  active  part  of  hops.  There  are  other 
active  and  valuable  medicinal  virtues  in  hops  that  are  not  represented 
in  lupulin. 
I  here  offer  a  formula  for  the  elixir  of  hops  which  I  have  used  for 
a  number  of  vears  ;  it  affords  an  excellent  preparation  : 
