Hops - Humulus Lupulus
This Hops (Humulus lupulus) monograph is an excerpt from the 1999, first edition of Dr. Sharol's book "Herbal Medicine From The Heart of The Earth." You can purchase the 2020, third edition of this book with an expanded materia medica/monograph section, herbal formulas and directions on making herbal products in Dr. Sharol's Book Store. You receive free shipping in the USA. The expanded 3rd edition materia medica, and additional herbal tidbits are also available as a kindle ebook at Amazon and details on this e-book are here.
Hops - Humulus lupulus in the Cannabaceae or Hemp family
Parts used: Strobile.
Taste/smell: Drying, bitter.
Tendencies: Cooling.
Dosage: Infusion: 2 teaspoons per cup of water; or 1:1.5 fresh + dry liquid extract: 10-60 drops 1-4 times per day in a little water.
Mental picture and specific indications: Hops is indicated for irritable digestive tract and nervous system. It is specific for nervousness with twitching or muscular irritability, indigestion and sleeplessness.
Use: (a) Antispasmodic, (b) Sedative, (c) Anti-inflammatory, (d) Anodyne, (e) Stomachic, (f) Anaphrodisiac for men, (g) Nervine.
Hops is used for indigestion due to nervousness or poor dietary habits. It is helpful for colic in babies, for nervous exhaustion, anxiety, to promote sleep and for neuralgias.
Over 100 constituents have been identified in Hops. Hops is useful for dysmenorrhea, especially when taken prior to the onset of pain. It is also used during menopause. In vitro experiments on rat uteri with an alcohol extract, induced a strong antispasmodic effect. The alcohol extract shows sedative and anti-inflammatory effects in animal experiments.
Hops is considered a phytoestrogen.
Contraindications: Its sedative activity has increased the sleeping time induced by the drug pentobarbital.
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