And sharpness of urine, and in general for obtunding acrimonious humours: their principal use is in emollient glysters, cataplasms, and fomentations. 232.

MARRUBIUM vulgare. HORFHOUND. Herb. E. D.--It is greatly extolled for
its efficacy in removing obstructions of the lungs and other viscera. It has chiefly been employed in
humoural asthmas. Mention is made of its successful use in scirrhous affections

of the liver, jaundice, cachexies, and menstrual suppressions.--Woodville's Med. Bot. p. 333. Similar Plants.--Ballota nigra; B. alba. 233. MELISSA officinalis.
BALM. Herb. L. E.--This herb, in its recent state, has a weak
roughish aromatic taste, and a pleasant smell, somewhat of the lemon kind. On distilling the fresh herb with water, it impregnates the first runnings pretty

strongly with its grateful flavour.
Prepared as tea, however, it makes a grateful diluent drink in fevers; and in this way it is commonly used, either
by itself, or acidulated with the juice of lemons.--Woodville's
Med. Bot. p. 335, 336. 234. MENTHA viridis. SPEAR-MINT. Leaves. L. D.--The virtues of Mint are those of a warm stomachic and carminative: in loss of appetite, nauseae, continual retchings to vomit, and (as Boerhaave expresses it) almost paralytic weakness of the stoma ch, there are few simples perhaps of equal efficacy. In colicky pains, the gripes to which children are subject, lienteries, and other kinds of immoderate fluxes, this plant frequently does good service. It likewise proves beneficial
in sundry hysteric
cases, and affords
an useful cordial in languors and oth