All Hopped Up - Medicinal Benefits of Hops

Join me in exploring the many benefits that Hops offers, both as a hoppy wobbly pop (beer) and as a herbal medicine..
Int his video you will learn how this potent plant can be helpful for issues such as:
Anxiety, Tension, Insomnia, Digestion, Pain, Reproductive health and more…

Even though beer is by far the most common way Hops is used these days, I find find a fresh tincture to be the most therapeutic, though it can also be made into a tea, poultice, or dream pillow, and makes a great addition to other fermented beverages such as kombuchas and meads.

If you're looking to drink beer for its hoppy benefits, remember to go easy on it as many of the benefits become the opposite after 3 or 4. As well, it is best to look to local artisanal high hopped brew rather than a conventional large scale produced beer, if you are planing to get "All Hopped Up."

Do you have experience in working with Hops as a Medicine?
Please share your comments below.
Cheers,
Y~

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[Herbal_Jedi]

Hey Community, thanks for checking this video on hops out.. Let me know what herbs you would like to learn more about next?

[julie-annepineau]

Moved to a new location and found wild hops growing. I have a belief that nature provides what I will need on the land I connect with. Looking forward to seeing how the plants matures now that it isn't being mown.

[northernlights]

Just harvested hops for the first time this year- since I’ve quit drinking hops tea has been a wonderful alternative for me

[AErthen]

Gruit predates Roman rule. Gruit was a loose term used for mixtures of regional herbs and spices gathered seasonally throughout Europa. It was stored in gruit houses and each region used different recipes rooted in what grew locally. The ales made using gruit were nutrient and medicinal enzyme rich probiotic beverages that acted as daily medicine. It empowered people and made them healthy and increased their vitality. The gathering of gruit was a seasonal activity that connected the people with the land and allowed villages to use their gruit supply in trade.
The brutal Roman empire saw the profitability in controlling gruit supplies throughout Europa and claimed it as "there's" under their regime. They did not destroy the gruit industry, but enslaved it as they did with most things.
It was the reinheitsgebot or "purity order" implemented by German rule as early as 1516 that began the destruction and outlaw of gruit used in ale in regions formerly under Roman rule. The reinheitsgebot limited, by law and enforcement of German rule, the ingredients that could be used in beer (or bier) brewing for several reasons. It gave them control of the grain industry, and reduced human vitality by using only a mild sedative with high levels of phytoestrogen as flavoring and tannic preservative, thus dulling the spirit of the masses. Gruit houses were destroyed and made illegal to operate. This contributed to over production of homogenized grain, and to our modern disconnect of regional and seasonal plant medicines. This hollow sedative was then spread throughout the planet in place of indigenous medicinal fermentations in the colonial force of "purity" leading to illness of indigenous populations wherever it supplanted local medicines.
Hops have wonderful medicinal effects when used specifically and in moderation, but that is not how beer has been used historically.

[hermes]

Thanks Yarrow. I am sitting here in Calgary right now drinking an *aqueous* infusion wherein I take Mountain Rose dried hops cones and set them in boiling water overnight in a sealed glass container. Always works for me to relax me for bed the next night. Now I know that ethanol should work better as a solvent. Funny, I really like the bitter tastes and unique aroma whereas many of my house guests dislike it (yet they can tolerate beer which I cannot).

[michelekennedy]

As a gardener, I find this plant's looks quite intoxicating. The lovely vines, large leaves, and beautiful buds make this a must in next year's garden I look forward to growing hops and learning more about this wonderful plant. ❤

[darbieluce]

Just came upon your channel and it’s awesome! Your brain is an over abundance of knowledge and I could listen to you talk all day!

[zacheryharkenrider]

Great informational video. This is why our company, Fresh American Hops, is here to provide the public with a natural alternative medicine!

[Georgia-Vic]

That's why beer and cannabis pair perfectly well together!... The psychoactive drug that hops contains is called Lupuline which is similar in composition as THC in pot!

[BongLoy]

Man, i could listen to you for hours. Oh wait..that is what i just did thanks to your channel! Hehe

Thanks for this good energy and this knowledge 🙏

[Samariapain]

I love the fact you often see hop vine in church carvings 😌

[nitamckeethen]

Excellent tutorial! I have hops and scullcap tea brewing as I write this. I am going to go start a tincture right now! Thanks for the great information.

[mauricedavila]

we just ordered a bunch of seeds from serenity herbal we are looking to start our own little garden thank you for the videos

[toosmoothtomoove]

Great video.
How about purple loosestrife.

[WynterDragon]

Hopped kombucha is great! You've given me more ideas on how to use my hops.

[spiritbyesha]

Thank you for your videos!!
I'm a new herbalist and your videos have always been an inspiration

[crochetgottaloveit]

I just discovered your channel today while search for what I can do with my Cascade Hops plant. I planted the rhizome about 5 years ago and it grows prolifically. I originally bought it to flavor my kombucha brews but I never did anything with them.
You have gotten me interested in making a tincture and such. I had no idea they had medicinal properties. I didn't know what I had growing out there and all its potential.
Many thanks and I just subbed to your channel.

[dianeleirer]

Love your enthusiasm and knowledge. You are a natural educator❤💙💚.

[KeelerInk]

I love hops, they look so delicate and are such a pretty yellow green 😍

[dannettepeters]

Excellent video! Just the type of information I am looking for!