Hops (Humulus Lupulus) Cut & Sifted Herb

Description ShareTweetPinLinkedInPrintEmail Hops (Humulus Lupulus) Whole Herb HERB COMMON NAME :  Hops HERB SCIENTIFIC NAME :  Humulus Lupulus OTHER NAMES :  Beer Flower, Flores de Cerveza FAMILY :  Cannabinaceae ASSOCIATIONS & CORRESPONDENCES : Element: Air Planet: Mars Direction:  East Zodiac Sign:  Aries Energy:  Yang Gender: Masculine   Parts Used:  Strobile Description:  Most people are familiar with hops as an ingredient in beer, but the herb has a long history of use as an ingredient in traditional herbal bitters, infusions, liquid extracts, tinctures, tisanes, tonics, teas, oils and tablets. The heart-shaped leaves and flower heads have a reputation for providing a bitter, aromatic taste to various beverages. Hops are one of the major ingredients in beer and has been used to brew the beverage for centuries. Hops are an ingredient in teas that are designed to induce relaxation and help you sleep at night. It is also a traditional component of herbal sleep pillows along with lavender and dill. Hops can be put in a sachet made of cheesecloth or old nylons and placed under your pillow. This can help you to fall asleep and have sweet dreams if you’re suffering from insomnia. A poultice of dried hops can help with inflammation of a joint or other area of the body. The poultice can provide soothing relief when applied directly to the affected area. Hops can help provide relief from severe menstrual cramps. It works to fight muscle spasms that cause the painful cramps. Hops can help fight spasms in the respiratory system that cause asthma. Hops work with muscle spasms that extend to the digestive system, relaxing the muscles and bringing relief of indigestion and irritable bowel syndrome. Hops can be a good treatment for increasing your appetite if you’ve lost it due to illness. Historical Uses:  sedative, hypnotic, analgesic, antiseptic, carminative, antispasmodic, antimicrobial, astringent, calmative, emollient, estrogenic, nervine, soporific, spasmolytic, neuralgia, menstrual cramps, menopausal symptoms, insomnia, cough, stress-related digestive conditions, nervousness, stress, tension, nervous tension, soporific, menopause, irritability, restlessness, menstrual pain, relaxation, helps sleeplessness, helps asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, increases appetite, tonic, diuretic, aromatic bitter, anti-bacterial (topically), anti-pyretic, anaphrodisiac, lowers sex drive, sleeplessness from worry and anxiety, nervous gastropathies, helps premature ejaculation, headache, indigestion, restful sleep, restless leg syndrome, stimulate appetite, improve digestion, antibacterial, low estrogen, estrogenic, dysmenorrhea Mystical Attributes:  A pillow stuffed with dried hops brings on sleep and rest. Hops are also used in healing sachets and incenses. Mystical Intentions:  relaxation, sleep Other Uses:  The herb has a long history of use as an ingredient in traditional herbal bitters, tisanes, tonics and teas. Some stuff sachets filled with hops in their pillow for insomnia (effective for some and for others will produce nausea and headache).   Taste & Smell:  Hops have a green, herbaceous aroma. The heart-shaped leaves and flower heads have a reputation for providing a bitter, aromatic taste to various beverages. Botany, Cultivation & Harvesting:  Humulus Lupulus is native to Europe, western Asia and North America. It is a perennial, herbaceous climbing plant which sends up new shoots in early spring and dies back to a cold-hardy rhizome in autumn. Strictly speaking it is a bine rather than a vine, using its own shoots to act as supports for new growth. The root is stout and perennial. The stem that arises from it every year is of a twining nature, reaching a great length, flexible and very tough, angled and prickly, with a tenacious fiber. The leaves are heart-shaped and lobed, on foot-stalks, and as a rule placed opposite one another on the stem, though sometimes the upper leaves are arranged singly on the stem, springing from alternate sides. They are of a dark-green color with their edges finely toothed. The flowers spring from the axils of the leaves. The hop is dioecious, i.e. male and female flowers are on separate plants. The male flowers are in loose bunches or panicles, 3 to 5 inches long. The female flowers are in leafy cone-like catkins, called strobiles. When fully developed, the strobiles are about 1 1/4 inch long, oblong in shape and rounded, consisting of a number of overlapping, yellowish-green bracts, attached to a separate axis. If these leafy organs are removed, the axis will be seen to be hairy and to have a little zigzag course. Each of the bracts enfolds at the base a small fruit (achene), both fruit and bract being sprinkled with yellow translucent glands, which appear as a granular substance. It is these ripened cones of the female hop plant that are used in brewing, and female plants only are cultivated, since it is from these alone that the fruits can be obtained. Hops grows best in sun or semi-shade, hops are reported to tolerate an annual precipitation of between 31 and 137cm, an annual temperature in the range of 5.6 to 21.3°C and a pH of 4.5 to 8.2. Plants are very hardy tolerating temperatures down to about -20°c when dormant. Care should be taken in the spring as the young hop shoots can be damaged by any more than a mild frost. Hops require deep, rich fertile, well-drained soil. Sow seed in spring in a cold frame. Germination is fairly quick. Transplant out the seedlings into individual pots as soon as they are large enough to handle and plant out in the summer or following spring. Division can be done in spring as new growth begins. You can plant the divisions straight out into their permanent locations in the garden. The female flowering heads are harvested in the autumn and can be used fresh or dried. Store the dried hop flowers in an airtight container in a cool, dry place. Contraindications & Toxicity: Use caution depending on occupation due to sedative/hypnotic effects. May potentiate symptoms of depression. Combining with barbiturates and other sleeping aids may have additive effects. May cause skin irritation, dermatitis, and eye irritation if you handle the plant directly. May cause allergic reactions.   Constituents:  oleo-resins containing bitter substances (acylphloroglucides, humulone, lupulone, valerianic acid) volatile oil (humulene) tannins phytoestrogens – estrogenic substance flavonoids (kaempferol, quercetin, rutin) chalcones aspargin     Sources: https://spiritartsandherbs.com/sources **IMPORTANT INFORMATON: Products are sold as curio items for entertainment purposes only and based upon historical and magical uses.  We do not imply or guarantee that any items provide specific abilities, powers, outcomes, remedies, or treatments. Any information provided on listings or through private conversation is intended for educational purposes only and are based on historical folklore and traditions, and should not replace the advice of a physician. Use our products at your own risk. By purchasing this item, you understand and release Spirit Arts & Herbs Inc from any liability. 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