Hop cones

Hop conesHop ordinary (Humulus Lupulus). A long - term dvudomny liana up to 3 - 6 m long, covered with small hooks. Konoplevye's family. Grows in the woods and among bushes on crude soils. Leaves are 3 - 5 - bladed, opposite, edges of blades gorodchaty. Flowers yellowish - green, Pistillate and man's flowers are located on different plants.

Man's flowers are collected in panicled inflorescences, female - in shishkovidny which then expand in a soplodiya - the cones located odinochno or brushes on a liana. A fruit - the flattened nutlet. Blossoms in June - July, fruits ripen in July - September. Hop vlagolyubiv is also thermophilic, demands fertile soils.
Cones of hop are recommended for arousing appetite as gastric means; they act and mochegonno, but the main action - calming. Preparations from hop use at sleeplessness as sleeping medicine, and also at some diseases of a bladder. Water infusions from cones of hop use for digestion improvement. Outwardly preparations from hop use for treatment of dermatitis, eels, for strengthening of hair and elimination of dandruff.