ree hours. For irritable bladder take half teaspoonful
every three hours.

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HOPS. Humulus Lupulus.

Internally, used for.--Nervousness, sleeplessness, hysteria, in
afterpains, to prevent chordee.

Externally, used for.--Used as a fomentation in many inflammatory
diseases.

Part used.--Cones.

Gather.--In the fall or when fully ripe.

Grows (where).--Native of North America and Europe.

Prepared (how).--Infusion, tincture and fluid extract lupulin.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Dose of infusion, two to four ounces; tincture one
to four drams. Fluid extract, five to twenty drops. For nervous troubles,
take one ounce of the infusion, or one dram tincture, every hour or two
until quiet; same for sleeplessness. In delirium tremens, infusion drank
with some red pepper in it settles the stomach and quiets the craving for
drink. Following is good for chordee, etc.:

Lupulin 1 dram.
Camphor monobromate 1 dram.
Cocoa Butter, sufficient.

Make twelve suppositories and insert one in rectum every three or four
hours. Take at the same time, the infusion or tincture every two or three
hours. Fomentations are good in pleurisy and many other inflammations.
Inhale steam in throat and chest troubles.

HORSE CHESTNUT. Aesculus Hippocastanum.

Internally, used for.--Rheumatism. Used especially for piles.

Part used.--Bark and fruit which contains tannin.

Gather.--Late autumn.

Flowers (when).--In May and June, and fruit ripens late in autumn.

Grows (where).--Native of Asia. Naturalized here.

Prepared (how).--Powder of the rind of the root or powdered fruit.
Decoction made of the bark by using one and one-half ounces to a pint of
water and boiling.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Dose: For rheumatism two ounces, three times a day.
For piles, make an ointment of the powdered nut and apply. This is very
good.

HOARHOUND. White Hoarhound. Marrubium Vulgare.

Internally, used for.--Coughs, colds, bronchitis, chronic asthma,
sweating, hoarseness.

Part used.--Whole herb.

Gather.--When fresh.

Grows (where).--Naturalized in United. States. Grows in dry sandy fields,
waste grounds, roadsides; etc.

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Prepared (how).--Infusion hot and cold by adding one ounce to pint of
water; fluid extract.

Diseases, Dose, etc.--Dose of infusion, two to four ounces; fluid extract,
one to two teaspoonfuls. A syrup is also made; dose, two ounces. Infusi