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Lupulus, Hops

Lupulus salictarius, Lupulus reptitius, Volubilis, Humulus, Habiola
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Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578

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Botanische wandplaten, 1904–1914

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Koehler's Medizinal Pflanzen, 1887

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Botanical name:
Humulus lupulus

Parts used:
Flower

Temperature & Taste:
Cool (Warm in the west), dry. Bitter

Classifications:
2A APERIENT

Uses:
1. Clears Damp-Heat, Opens Obstructions:


2. Clears Heat, Calms the Mind and Nerves:

3. Clears Heat from the Blood, Resists Poison:

4. Clears Deficient Heat:

5. Promotes Menstruation:

6. Promotes Milk

7. Externally:


Dose:
Decoction: 3–6 grams

Correctives:
... available in PRO version

Substitutes:
... available in PRO version
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Main Combinations:
Hops & Fumitory

1. Hops is often combined with Fumitory (as in Syrup of Fumitory) to open Obstructions of the Liver and Spleen, and to clear Heat, Bile and toxin from the Blood:
i. Skin diseases, Eczema, Psoriasis from heat of the Blood Hops with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Eczema, Psoriasis, Acne, Syphilis, Leprosy Hops with  ... available in PRO version
iii. Skin diseases from Melancholy, Hops with  ... available in PRO version
2. Restless, irritability, insomnia, Hops with  ... available in PRO version
3. Insomnia:
i. Hops with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Hops with  ... available in PRO version
4. Visceral pain, it has been combined Hops with  ... available in PRO version
5. Excess Sweating, Hops with  ... available in PRO version
6. Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea:
i. Hops with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Hops with  ... available in PRO version
7. Anaphrodisiac, Hops with  ... available in PRO version
8. For Stomach weakness and Indigestion, Hops with  ... available in PRO version
9. Migraine associated with suppressed menstruation, Hops with  ... available in PRO version
10. Prolapsed Uterus, use a douche of Hops with ... available in PRO version
11. Trauma, Bruising Hops with  ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas
Decoction of Fruit
Decoction of Fruit and Flowers
Decoction of Fumitory of Mesue
Decoction of Fumitory of Andernacus
Syrup of Fumitory
Byzantine Syrup-Simple & Compound (Mesue)
Triphera Persica (Mesue)

Cautions:
1. Generally not recommended in first trimester of Pregnancy. Use cautiously during Pregnancy.
2. Not suitable for Depression associated with nervous debility (weakness).

Main Preparations used:
Distilled Water of the Flowers, Syrup of the Juice (with Fumitory juice)

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