Many plants, which from ancient times were used by traditional healers and healers for the treatment of many diseases, are now recognized and successfully used in official medicine, pharmacology. One of them is hops, or rather, hop cones, the medicinal properties and contraindications of which are well understood today.
Plant spread
Common hops - a vine growing in height up to seven meters. The plant is widespread in many parts of our planet. In some countries, it is cultivated as a medicinal plant. Under natural conditions, hops grow in the forests of Eurasia, the Caucasus, Altai, the Far East, Western Siberia, and Central Asia. A wild plant is common in deciduous forests in Ukraine.
Hops have long been grown for the needs of the food industry (in particular, for brewing) in many countries: England and France, southern Germany and the Czech Republic, South Africa and Northeast China, Argentina and the USA, Brazil and Chile, New Zealand and Australia .
This dioecious plant has both male and female specimens. But only female plants have fertility - hop cones, the use of which is effective for medicinal purposes.
Chemical composition
The healing properties of this part of the plant are due to its composition, rich in substances that are necessary to maintain youth, health and well-being. The hop cones contain:
- aluminum;
- zinc;
- yellow pigment;
- iodine;
- tannins;
- potassium;
- resin;
- Vitamin C
- choline;
- wax;
- vitamin PP;
- tannin;
- copper;
- boron;
- B vitamins;
- calcium;
- valeric acid;
- bitterness;
- manganese;
- essential oils;
- volatile production.
As you can see, the above list is impressive. In traditional medicine, hops became part of many well-known and effective drugs, for example, Valocordin, used to treat hypertension and relieve irritability, Urolesan, which is used to treat cystitis and renal colic.
Beneficial features
The properties of hop cones are truly unique, which allows them to be used for the treatment and prevention of many diseases and pathological conditions. These include:
- anti-inflammatory;
- soothing and sedative;
- bactericidal;
- antifungal;
- diuretic;
- painkiller.
Application
Preparations made from hop cones help fight female pathologies, including menstrual irregularities. Hops are often included in fees for the treatment of kidney and bladder diseases. The plant has a pronounced analgesic property.
Hop cones gently lower high blood pressure. Decoctions and tinctures based on them are effective for sleep disorders, disorders of the nervous system, are used to eliminate muscle pain and seizures. They have a beneficial effect on the gastrointestinal tract, prevent the development of cancer and fight against them.
The use of lotions, ointments based on cones is recommended for joint pain, rheumatism and radiculitis.
ethnoscience
Traditional healers have long and very successfully used drugs for the preparation of which they use hop cones. Nevertheless, you should first consult with your doctor, especially in the presence of chronic diseases. The plant has contraindications for use, which we will discuss in this article, as well as present the most popular recipes for traditional medicine.
Insomnia
This is probably the easiest and most affordable way to get rid of this debilitating condition. Pour the hop cones into the pillowcase without chopping them. This will allow you to quickly calm down and sleep soundly. You can sleep on such a pillow, or you can place it at the head of the bed.
You can get rid of insomnia infusion. To do this, you need a spoonful of raw materials (tea) to brew a glass of hot boiled water, leave for 20 minutes. The strained composition is consumed before bedtime as tea.
Headache and joint pain
The properties of hop cones make it possible to use tincture based on them for people suffering from frequent headaches and migraines. Medical alcohol and cones in a ratio of 4: 1 insist in a glass container under a tightly closed lid for a week. Then the tincture is filtered and taken three times a day, diluting five drops of the product in a spoon of water.
From joint pain, with rheumatism, abrasions, bruises, an ointment from hop cones helps well. Pour a spoonful of raw materials (tablespoon) with water (250 ml) and boil over low heat until the initial volume of liquid is halved. Then the broth is filtered and mixed with ordinary petroleum jelly in a ratio of 1: 4.
Cystitis
An infusion is used to treat cystitis, which, according to patients, is very effective. Dissolve two tablespoons of chopped cones in 500 ml of boiled water. The resulting mixture is infused for an hour, after which it should be filtered. During the day, you need to drink a glass of infusion, dividing it into four servings. One of them is taken 30 minutes before bedtime (in the evening). The three remaining - half an hour before meals. According to patients, improvement is observed after a week of admission.
Hop cones for women
The natural phytoestrogen contained in hops is close in its action to the female hormone estrogen. For women's health, the healing properties of hop cones are hard to overestimate. These include:
- restoration of the menstrual cycle;
- decrease in pain during menstruation;
- a decrease in severe manifestations of menopause (hot flashes, a sharp change in mood, irritability), as well as premenstrual syndrome;
- sedative for stress, depression, insomnia;
- improvement of the digestive tract;
- cancer prevention.
Cosmetics
The use of cones in cosmetology is due to their anti-inflammatory and bactericidal properties.
For this purpose, a decoction of cones is used, which is used as a hair rinse. It is necessary to fill in two tablespoons (tablespoons) of raw materials with a liter of boiled water. Boil the resulting mixture for a quarter of an hour over low heat. After twenty minutes of insisting under the lid, strain and use to rinse your hair. Such a composition can be used several times a week. According to consumer reviews, a positive effect is observed after 3-4 applications.
To give the face skin freshness, it should be wiped with cosmetic ice, which is prepared from a 1 percent tincture of Eleutherococcus and tincture of hop cones. A positive result can be observed after 1-2 weeks of use, as stated in the reviews of the fairer sex, who used this recipe.
Another way to make your skin taut and supple. To prepare such a mask, you need to mix 2 tablespoons (tablespoons) of cones with 500 ml of boiling water. The mixture is infused for half an hour. After that, it is filtered and applied healing mass on the skin for 15 minutes. The mask is washed off the face with warm water.
This problem is known to many girls (as, incidentally, to young men). Often young people choose the wrong method of dealing with it, squeezing acne, which usually causes more serious complications, inflammation of the skin. It would be wiser to use a healing broth. To prepare such a tonic, you need to brew a spoon (tablespoon) of hop cones with boiling water (250 ml) and let the product brew for 10 minutes. Then the composition is carefully filtered and rubbed on their face in the morning and evening.
Such an infusion, characterized by anti-inflammatory and bactericidal properties, can be used to treat cuts, wounds, abrasions on the skin. It soothes irritations well after insect bites. In this case, infuse a gauze napkin with infusion and attach it to the bite site. Compress will accelerate healing and prevent the development of infections.
To enlarge the bust
Herbalists believe that regular drinking of tea with hops promotes breast augmentation. This is probably plausible information, as hop cones contain phytoestrogens. In any case, the process is lengthy, so you should not hope for any cardinal change in one to two months of admission.
It is likely that such a statement by the healers is based on the fact that hops used to be used to cause menstruation in girls who, for physiological reasons, this process was delayed. After normalizing the menstrual cycle, the breast began to grow. Traditional medicine does not confirm this fact, but does not refute it either. Therefore, if you want to increase breasts with the help of hops, then first visit a mammologist and gynecologist, so that in the future there will not be more serious problems and disappointments.
How to use hop cones to increase bust? Traditional healers do not hide that the method of preparing such an infusion is extremely simple. Pour a spoonful of cones (a canteen) overnight in a thermos with boiling water (250 ml). In the morning, strain and divide into three servings. Drink this therapeutic composition should be 21 days. After completing one course, you need to take a week break and repeat it. Thus, treatment lasts for 6 months.
With varicose veins, asthenia, menopause
Grind two tablespoons (tablespoons) of dry cones and pour them with boiling water (500 ml). Place the container in a water bath for a quarter of an hour. After forty minutes, the broth can be filtered and taken 100 ml three times a day, before meals.
Two spoons (tea) cones must be filled with 250 ml of boiling water. The tool is infused for 40 minutes. Take the therapeutic composition should be 80 ml three times a day, 30 minutes before eating.
Side effects
You should be aware that when treating with hop cones, the dosage must be strictly observed. When it is exceeded, the likelihood of side effects that are manifested by nausea, allergic reactions, and headache is high. To exclude them, it is necessary to start taking preparations made from hop cones with the smallest doses. If there are no pathological manifestations, therapeutic agents can be used in the required amount.
Contraindications for the female body
In this material, we talked about the healing properties of hop cones. The plant also has contraindications, and for women there are much more than for men. Uncontrolled medication of hop-based drugs negatively affects women's health and can cause serious problems:
- menstrual irregularities (there is official evidence that women involved in the processing of hops often suffer from irregular menstruation);
- endometriosis;
- violation of ovulation;
- accumulation of body fat;
- swelling
- pregnancy and lactation.
The longer the course of treatment, the more likely the risk of unwanted and irreversible consequences. In addition to the danger that lurks in hormonal activity, the cones also include toxic substances that cause moderate poisoning. General contraindications of hop cones in relation to men and children under 12 years of age:
- allergic reactions;
- the presence of cysts and polyps;
- intolerance to one or more components.
Reviews
Most reviews of hop cones relate to their cosmetic properties. After applying the rinse, the hair becomes soft, silky, well-groomed. A very effective anti-aging cone mask. Face skin gains elasticity and firmness after 2-3 procedures. There are reviews about the increase in breast volume: women write that in a month she really increased in size. True, it should be emphasized here that the overall weight of the person also increases. Hop-based preparations show excellent results in the treatment of the genitourinary system, but subject to the exact dosage and taking into account the existing contraindications of plants.