Hops

Humulus lupulus

Other Names: Asperge Sauvage, Common Hops, Couleuvrée, Couleuvrée Septentrionale, European Hops, Hop, Hop Strobile, Hopfenzapfen, Houblon, Humulus lupulus, Lupuli Strobulus, Lupulin, Lúpulo, Pi Jiu Hua, Salsepareille Indigène, Vigne du Nord.
Hops is a plant. The dried, flowering part of the plant is used to make medicine.
See also : Bitters

Special Precautions of Hops

• Hops are considered LIKELY SAFE for most people.
• Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Not enough is known about the use of hops during pregnancy and breast-feeding. Stay on the safe side and avoid use.
• Depression: Hops may make depression worse. Avoid use.
• Surgery: Hops might cause too much sleepiness when combined with anesthesia and other medications during and after surgical procedures. Stop taking hops at least 2 weeks before a scheduled surgery.
• Alcohol interacts with Hops
• Sedative medications (CNS depressants) interacts with Hops.

Benefits and uses of Hops are

• Anxiety.
• Inability to sleep (insomnia). Taking a combination product containing 41.9 mg of hops extract plus 187 mg of valerian extract per tablet, two tablets at bedtime, seems to help some people get to sleep faster. But it takes 28 days of treatment to see these benefits. Treatment for only 14 days doesn’t seem to improve insomnia.
• Tenseness.
• Attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
• Improving appetite.
• Indigestion.
• Prostate cancer.
• Breast cancer.
• Ovarian cancer.
• High cholesterol.
• Intestinal cramps.
• Leg ulcers.
• Tuberculosis.
• Pain and swelling (inflammation) of the bladder.
• Nerve pain.
• Start the flow of breast milk.

Main Combinations

• Mild depression : Hops + St. John's wort (or Saffron)
• Hot flushes (Menopause) : Hops + Sage