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Description
Hop Plant Humulus lupulus L.
Family: Cannabaceae.
Other Names: Houblon (French); Hopfen (German); Luppolo (Italian); lupulo (Spanish).
Description: A perennial creeper (vine) of up to 10 m in height with branches emerging each year from a woody rhizome or crown. The leaves are deeply lobed, with toothed margins. Male and female flowers occur on separate plants (to prevent pollination, the males are usually eradicated; females are propagated vegetatively). Hops is the cone-like female flower cluster, with several small flowers hidden by overlapping, leafy structures (bracts and bracteoles; they bear numerous orange-yellow glands, producing a resinous exudate).
Origin: Northem temperate areas (Asia, Europe and North America). Hop plants have been cultivated for centuries to provide hops for beer brewing.
Parts Used: Hops - the dried, cone-like female flower clusters (Lupuli strobulus) or hops grains (the small glands obtained by sieving; Lupuli glandula).
Uses and Properties: Hops has a long history of use as a traditional bitter tonic and diuretic. In modern times, however, the main emphasis is on the sedative and calming effects. It is used to treat mood and sleep disturbances, anxiety and restlessness.
Active Ingredients: The bitter substances in hops (up to 5%) are prenylated derivatives of 1-acyl-phloroglucinol and include lupulone and humulone as main compounds. Upon storage, they are slowly split through oxidation to produce a C5-alcohol, 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol. Hops also contains several phenolics (2-4%), such as rutin, quercetrin, and proanthocyanidins, as well as up to 1% essential oil, with caryophyllene humulene and beta-myrcene as main terpenoids.
Pharmacological Effects: The sedative activity appears to be due to 2-methyl-3-buten-2-ol that is already present in the drug or which is formed internally after oral intake of hops. Humulone and lupulone are known to be antibacterial (they act as preservatives in beer, but have little effect on yeasts and fungi) and are probably oestrogenic. The bitter compounds stimulate appetite and gastric secretions.
Status: Traditional medicine; Pharm.; Comm. E+; ESCOP 4.
Results of European trials strongly suggest that hops, like valerian, can be used as an effective, and very safe, sleeping aid. Users go to sleep more quickly when they have taken hops, and they awake with clearer heads than when using prescription sleeping pills. There are no reports of serious toxicity. The phytoestrogens contained in hops may provide additional benefits in terms of preventing heart disease and relieving menopausal symptoms.
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Directions
Take 20-30 drops of extract in a small amount of warm water 3-4 times daily as needed.
Cautions
Not to be used during pregnancy and lactation. Do not exceed recommended dose.
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