Hop

Sure you know hops as one of the ingredients in beer, but ... have you heard of its health benefits? The flowers of this climbing plant have a high content of essential oils and active plant ingredients that offer many applications in natural medicine. You can take hops to combat gastrointestinal disorders, headaches and migraines, insomnia or anxiety problems… And hops for menopause is also an effective natural remedy!

The properties of hops

On the one hand, hops are a digestive tonic that whets the appetite and facilitates digestion, avoiding the appearance of heartburn, colic and other gastrointestinal discomfort. It is also used as a sedative to combat insomnia and anxiety, as well as having an analgesic effect that relieves headaches, headaches, and migraines. Likewise, taking hops for menopause in many cases prevents the discomfort of this stage more effectively than other active ingredients such as soy isoflavones.

Ways to drink hops

Although hops are widely cultivated in the north of the Peninsula, mainly for brewing, access to this fresh plant is difficult. However, in online herbalists such as Naturitas you can buy dried hop flowers that are ideal for preparing infusions, tisanes, poultices and other natural remedies.

In addition, food supplements with hops that concentrate their active ingredients are marketed, such as hop extract to be taken diluted in drinks or hop capsules. Consumed in moderate doses, it is a safe and proven medicinal plant, so side effects from hops are rare. Among the contraindications of hops to take into account, it is recommended not to take hops when following treatments with hepatic or sedative drugs.