Hops Flowers - Humulus lupulus

Medicinal Uses: Hops is mostly used as a sedative and recommended for restlessness, insomnia and nervous complaints. It's particularly useful for nervous conditions of the digestive system as the bitter principles combined with the calming effect can ease nervous indigestion. The bitter principles also act on the liver. Furthermore, hops is a diuretic and is used to reduce under the skin swellings or to help flush metabolic waste from the system in certain types of arthritis and gout. A pillow stuffed with hop flowers can be used to aid sleeplessness. Hops has estrogenic compounds, which among chronic users of beer, may result in enlarged breasts.

CAUTION: Hops should be avoided in cases of depression, since it has a tendency to exacerbate the condition.

Magickal Uses: Herb pillows stuffed with hops may be used for dream work. It may be used in incense. In Scandinavian countries, the hop strobilus is regarded as a symbol of fertility. Hops cleanses and removes obstructions, while helping to focus and calm the mind.

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