Hops medicinal uses

Find out how to eat hops with recipes ideas to try. We also look at other uses for hops beyond making beer.

Hops have many health benefits and are perfect for adding to your herbal apothecary! Learn about the medicinal benefits of hops and how to make hop tea.

10 ways to use hop flowers that don't include beer. Some culinary and non-culinary uses for hops

Botanical Name: Humulus lupulus. Other Common Names: Houblon, lupulin, Pliny the elder, common hop. Habitat: Western United States, England, Asia, Belgium, Germany, New Zealand, and Australia. Plant Description: Hop is a plant that grows on bines; long stout stems with strong hairs to aid climbing that can reach 22 feet in height. This herb bears dark green colored, heart-shaped leaves on a fibrous stalk with finely toothed edges. The male and female flowers spring from the axils of the…

Scientific Name: Humulus Lupulus Benefits/History: Traditionally, hops flowers are cultivated and used to give flavor and stability to beer. In recent years, the skin benefits of hops have been more widely known and therefore the ingredient has increasingly been used in many cosmetics and beauty products. Found in several anti aging skin care products, hops extract is a natural herb that can be used as a skin calming agent. Hops flowers are loaded with phytonutrients that are also good for…

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As we have seen before, hops is the name of the female flowers of hop plant (Humulus lupus). They are very well know as an ingredient to produce beer, but they also have curative properties that have been traditionally used.

Want to make your homemade brew even better? Try growing hops, an essential ingredient in beer! Find out more about what hops are, what the different varieties of hops are, how to grow hops, and how to care for hops by each season.

Hop, a plant mainly used in the wonderful world of beer brewing has lots more to offer if you just give it a chance. Identifying the plant is easy, just look for the female catkins. Once you’ve…

Herbs With Rosalee on Instagram: "Hops (Humulus lupulus) is a powerful relaxing herb! In this episode, I’m sharing five medicinal hops benefits, as well as an interesting way for you to work with hops in a hops oil recipe. When might you reach for hops? ► To soothe muscle tension, including intestinal cramping and menstrual cramps. Hops truly shines when used topically for this type of pain. (Don’t miss out on your free, printable recipe card for hops infused oil!) ► To support metabolic