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The medicinal plant hops is used – in addition to being used as an ingredient in beer – for stomach problems and loss of appetite. Hops also have a calming effect and help with anxiety. Hop tea is also effective for sleep disorders and loss of appetite.
The hop cones of the female flowers contain bitter substances in the hop resin. These include acylphloroglucides such as humulone and lupulone as well as bitter acids. The cones also contain essential oil with substances such as humulene or caryophyllene, tannins of the proanthocyanidin type and flavonoids.
Depending on the variety, hops contain different amounts of bitter substances and essential oils. The resinous mass is divided into "soft resin", which contains the bitter substances (humulones and lupulones), and "hard resin", which is insoluble in petroleum ether and is mainly the oxidation products of the soft resin. It also contains phenolcarboxylic acids, flavanones, chalcones (xanthohumol) and nitrogen-containing compounds. In laboratory tests, xanthohumol has been shown to have anti-cancer properties, and efforts are being made to increase the content in beers.
Their aerosols have a moisturizing effect on the skin, as well as promoting sleep and having a calming effect.
Their aerosols have a moisturizing effect on the skin, as well as promoting sleep and having a calming effect.
