HOPS Humulus lupulus
Liquid extract of dried, lupulin-rich strobiles.
- Actions: Mild sedative. Bitter tonic that improves appetite and digestion. Contains
significant amounts of phytoestrogens that have an estrogen-like action in the body.
Uses: Nervous agitation, restlessness, anxiety and hysteria; excellent in sleeplessness; alcoholic
delirium tremens; nervous stomach and irritable bladder. Sexual over excitement and sexual
neuroses (e.g., wet dreams, premature ejaculation); decreases abnormally high libido in men;
priapism (persistent abnormal erection of penis).
- Dose: Take 30 to 40 drops, 2 to 4 times per day. To enhance appetite and digestion take 15
minutes before meals.
- Cautions: None known.