Today, my article will be devoted to the hops of an ordinary "hops against hair loss", but plus hops not only in this. As in everything, hop contains both pluses and minuses, which will be discussed below.
Hops itself is a useful medicinal plant, but this does not mean that beer is a useful drink. Hops are an ordinary perennial herbaceous plant from the family of Konoplevy. She looks like a winding liana. The plant grows in Eurasia and North America, it is also found in Morocco, but where this plant happened it is not known. Hops grow on ravines, on the banks of rivers, in damp forests, and in thickets of bushes.
On this plant there are both male and female inflorescences. Male inflorescences are small, green, turning into curls. Female inflorescences are pineal. Hops blossom in July-August. The fruit is a nut with a spirally folded embryo, which ripens in August-September.
As for the chemical composition of hops, hop fruit contains an essential oil up to 3%, hop resins, wax, bitter substances from 16 to 26%, valerian acid, which is used for sedatives, ascorbic acid, nicotinic acid, colorants, due to which hop cones were used to color the tissues in green, brown and red colors. Also in the composition of hops are formic, acetic, butyric acids.
The concentration of phenol in hop cones determines the value in brewing. Hops are also used in bakery (for the preparation of yeast). Young shoots of hops in the spring contain vitamin C, and due to this, hops are eaten in vegetable dishes as asparagus.
Hops are also very widely used in medicine. The essential oil of hops is contained in Valokordin medications, which is used for cardiovascular diseases, intestinal spasms. Due to the fact that cones of hops contain valeric acid, hops are contained in soothing teas, which are used for insomnia, depression, and cystitis.
Scientists have identified from the cones of substances that have antibacterial action, and they are used in the manufacture of cosmetics, and is the basis of many therapeutic creams from acne, dandruff, dermatitis treatment.
In folk medicine, cones of hops were used for diseases of the spleen, liver and gallbladder, gastritis and pulmonary tuberculosis, cystitis, metabolic disorders, with increased sexual arousal; roots - with migraine, jaundice.
Hop was used as an analgesic for radiculitis, bruises, for aromatic baths, ulcers, lichens and eczema; the decoction of cones of hops washes the head from dandruff and to strengthen hair in early baldness. Hops are also used for swelling, for improving digestion and as anti-inflammatory. Hops are also found in drugs prescribed for the treatment of liver, kidney and bladder diseases. Hops help with painful menstruation. Long stems are used to make durable fiber for bags and weaving ropes.
Since hops are a poisonous plant, then when applied inward, it must be carefully metered. There are many cases of hops poisoning. At a poisoning there is a feeling of a nausea, vomiting, pains in the field of heart and otdyshki, as there are strong headaches.
As mentioned above, hops are widely used in folk medicine. From the hop cones, infusion is made for ingestion: 2 teaspoons of crushed cones are poured into a glass of boiling water, insisted for 20-30 minutes, and taken in three divided doses - this is a daily dose for an adult person, with heart and cystitis neuroses.
To make ointments from bruises and abrasions, with rheumatic pains, 1 tablespoon of hop cones powder mix with 1 tablespoon unsalted lard or fresh butter and grind the restless parts of the body.
Infusion of cones rubbed into the roots of hair with baldness and dandruff, as well as use hops against hair loss, to prevent hair growth and growth, wipe the face and décolletage area for the prevention of wrinkles and acne. Hair is recommended to be washed with hops infusion 2 times a week, the course of treatment - 10 procedures. Inflamed and dry skin can be treated with hop cones 100 grams of dry cones insist on 2 liters of water and filter into a prepared bath. Take a bath for up to 30 minutes. Hop bath stimulates the formation of new cells, increases the immunity of the skin to infections, the skin recovers and becomes smooth.