Hops have curly grassy stems. Male flowers are located on thin pedicels, while female flowers look like cones. The plant blooms from July to August, until September, the fruit-nuts ripen. The medicinal properties of hops have long been known among the people.
Its cones contain lupulin, essential oil, resins, acids and tannins. They are also used as medicinal raw materials. They have sleeping pills, soothing, anti-inflammatory effect. It should be borne in mind that the plant is poisonous, therefore, when applying it, the dosage must be strictly observed.
Hop cones. Therapeutic properties used in diseases of the genitourinary system
The infusion of them is quite effective for cystitis and pyelonephritis. Prepare it from half a liter of boiling water and two tablespoons of hops. After insisting (2 hours), the product is filtered and drunk in four doses during the day. With cramping and irritation of the bladder in a glass of boiling water, a spoonful of hop fruit is brewed and kept on low heat for about another five minutes. After an hour of infusion, the broth is filtered and drunk on a large spoon half an hour before eating. This tool is taken for a long time.
Hop cones. Therapeutic properties for insomnia, nervous disorders
The raw materials are well crushed, a tablespoon is measured, poured with boiling water (200 ml), and then they are kept in a water bath for another quarter hour. The broth is filtered after cooling and taken in a quarter cup before each meal. Also, with insomnia, you can use pads filled with hop haplops. It is worth preparing tincture of cones in advance (take 1 part of alcohol for 1 part of the fruit). Five to seven drops of this medicine are given before bedtime and before dinner to people suffering from nervous disorders.
Hop cones. Therapeutic properties in cosmetology
In case of hair loss, it is necessary to pour a spoonful of crushed raw materials with boiling water (1/5 L), hold it for a quarter of an hour in a water bath, and after cooling, strain and add to the water prepared for rinsing the hair. It is useful to add other herbs to the hop fertility. These may be the roots of calamus and burdock, marigold flowers, nettle grass and coltsfoot.
Hop cones. Therapeutic properties in diseases of the joints
With bruises, gout, ointment is prepared. With a large spoon of unsalted lard or cow butter, the same number of hop cones are ground. The resulting product lubricates inflamed areas. For arthritis based on petroleum jelly, a preparation is prepared with the addition of several components. Combine 10 g of clover grass, St. John's wort and hop cones. Vaseline (50 g) is added to this mixture, painfully rubbed and smeared diseased joints. You can do with hop cones alone. Then they need to be mixed with petroleum jelly in a different ratio - 1: 4.
The healing properties of hop cones in diseases of the biliary tract
With cholecystitis, use a decoction of fruit. The raw materials are crushed and two of its spoons are poured with boiling water (300 ml), wrapped and insisted for three hours. At one time they drink half a glass of broth before eating. Alcoholic extract of hop haplotype is a part of the Urolesan medication, which is used for biliary dyskinesia, for cholecystitis and pyelonephritis. It anesthetizes, relieves inflammation and promotes the release of stones. Also, this drug enhances the first formation, and then the secretion of bile.