PARTS USED: Flowers.
ACTIONS: Sedative, soporific, antispasmodic.
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES: Hops is a sedative. It relieves anxiety, nervousness, and insomnia. Hops reduces excitability, restlessness, and a queasy stomach. It is gentle and safe. Beer and ale are brewed with hops. It alleviates bladder, liver and lung conditions. As an antiseptic, it helps itchy skin, rashes and hives. It also removes toxins from the body.
COMBINATIONS: Is a great tea when mixed with valerian, passionflower, or skullcap
GROWTH PATTERN: Hops is a perennial and may reach 30 feet in height. It is a climbing vine so care is taken when planted. It does well in most soils and prefers full suns. It is a perennial vine that reaches to 30 feet in height.
SPIRITUAL: Hops is a main ingredient when creating healing incenses. It is placed in pillows to aid sleep and reduce nightmares.
COUNTERINDICATIONS:
DOSAGE: For insomnia drink 1 cup of infusion at night. For anxiety and restlessness take 1/2 tsp tincture 3 times a day.
