Hops Ground

Hops is used for anxiety, inability to sleep (insomnia) and other sleep disorders, restlessness, tension, excitability, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), nervousness, and irritability. It is also used to improve appetite, increase urine flow, start the flow of breast milk, as a bitter tonic, and for indigestion.

 

Other uses include prostate cancer, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, high cholesterol, tuberculosis, bladder infections, intestinal cramps, an intestinal disorder called mucous colitis, nerve pain, and prolonged painful erection of the penis (priapism).

In foods and beverages, extracts and oil are used as flavour components. Hops are also used in brewing beer.

In manufacturing, the extract is used in skin creams and lotions.

Botanical Name: (Humulus lupulus)
Also Known As: Pi Jiu Hua, Common Hop, Lupulin
Order: Rosales
Family: Cannabaceae
Native To: Europe, Asia, North America
Plant Part: Hops flower or cone.

 

Origin: Ontario, Canada by Bigger.Co

Energetics: Cooling, drying, bitter.
Meridians/Organs: Heart, Liver, Stomach/Digestion, Nerves