Observations on the humulus lupulus of Linnaeus, with an account of its use in gout and other diseases. With cases and communications / by A. Freake.

  • Freake, A.
Date:
1806
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Credit: Observations on the humulus lupulus of Linnaeus, with an account of its use in gout and other diseases. With cases and communications / by A. Freake. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    “ the Vlth, chap. 5. And by an act of Parlia- “ ment, in the first year of king James the 1st. “anno 1603, chap. 18; it appears that Hops “ were then produced in abundance in England he also says, “ in the spring time, while the bud “ is yet tender, the, tops of the plant being cut off, “ and boiled, are eat like asparagus, and found “ very wholesome and effectual to loosen the “body; the heads and tendrils are good to “ purify the blood in the scurvy, and most “ cutaneous diseases. Decoctions of the “ flowers and syrup thereof, are of use against “ pestilential fevers. Juleps and apozems are “ also prepared with Hops, for hypochondria- “ cal and hysterical affections, and to promote “ the menses. A pillow stuffed with Hops, “ and laid under the head, is said to procure “ sleep in fevers attended with a delirium.” 16.57. Wm. Coles, Herbarist, in his History of Plants, published in 1657, relating the virtues of Hops, says, “ they are good to cleanse the kidneys from gravel, and to pro-