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Hops

Hops are the flowers (also called seed cones or strobiles) of the hop plant Humulus lupulus. They are used primarily as a flavoring and stability agent in beer, to which they impart bitter, zesty, or citric flavours; though they are also used for various purposes in other beverages and herbal medicine. The hop plant is a vigorous, climbing, herbaceous perennial, usually trained to grow up strings in a field called a hopfield, hop garden (nomenclature in the South of England), or hop yard (in the West Country and U.S.) when grown commercially. Many different varieties of hops are grown by farmers around the world, with different types being used for particular styles of beer.

Uses

Wounds, Cuts, Snakebites, Curing liver disorders, Skin eruptions, Blotches, Pimples, Diarrhea, Sore throats

Parts Used

Leaves, Roots.

Chemical Composition

The volatile oils of hops have been associated with the promotion of sleep and with anti-microbial properties in vitro. The bitter acids may possess anti-inflammatory and anti-proliferative activity and the flavonoids may also have anti-proliferative properties^[1]

Common names

Language	Common name
Kannada
Hindi
Malayalam
Tamil
Telugu
Marathi	NA
Gujarathi	NA
Punjabi	NA
Kashmiri	NA
Sanskrit
English	Common Hop

Properties

Reference: Dravya - Substance, Rasa - Taste, Guna - Qualities, Veerya - Potency, Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, Karma - Pharmacological activity, Prabhava - Therepeutics.

Dravya

Rasa

Guna

Veerya

Vipaka

Karma

Prabhava

Habit

Herb

Identification

Leaf

Kind	Shape	Feature
Simple	heart-shaped	heart-shaped leaves on a fibrous stalk with finely toothed edges

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Flower

Type	Size	Color and composition	Stamen	More information
Unisexual	3 to 5 inches	Yellow	5	The male and female flowers spring from the axils of the leaves on separate plants

Fruit

Type	Size	Mass	Appearance	Seeds	More information
oblong shape	1 1/4 -2 inches	The fruit of the female plant is called strobiles and resemble small pine cones	yellowish-green bracts	many	{{{6}}}

Other features

List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used

Vishatinduka Taila as root juice extract

Where to get the saplings

Mode of Propagation

Seeds, Cuttings.

How to plant/cultivate

Landscape Uses:Ground cover, Screen. Easily grown in a good garden soil in sun or semi-shade[1, 53]. Prefers a deep rich loam^[3]

Commonly seen growing in areas

Hedgerows, woodlands, waste ground.

Photo Gallery

References

External Links

[chemical_composition-1] "constituents"

[Leaf-2] "plant description"

[How_to_plant.2Fcultivate-3] "Cultivation details"

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