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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Felter's Materia Medica on Humulus

HUMULUS
   The strobiles of Humulus Lupulus, Linné (Nat. Ord. Urticaceae). Europe and... / The strobiles of Humulus Lupulus, Linné (Nat. Ord. Urticaceae). Europe and Asia; common in cultivation. Common Names...... resins, volatile oil and asparagine, trimethylamine, and choline. Preparation.—Specific Medicine Humulus. Dose, 1 to 60 drops. Specific Indications.—(See Lupulinum.) Action and Therapy.—External.... / ...uses see Lupulinum, which has superseded hops largely as an internal medicine.1

LUPULINUM
   Lupulin. The glandular powder separated from the strobiles of Humulus Lupulus, Linné (Nat. Ord. Cannabaceae), the common Hop. (See... / Lupulin. The glandular powder separated from the strobiles of Humulus Lupulus, Linné (Nat. Ord. Cannabaceae), the common Hop. (See Humulus.) Description.—Browni... / ...in the stomach, thus proving useful in yeasty indigestion with acid eructations and dilation of the stomach, and in the headache due to such gastric disturbance.1


WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Physician's Materia Medica on Humulus

HOPS (Humulus)
   The strobiles of HUMULUS LUPULUS, Lin. Bitter tonic, anodyne, antispasmodic, soporific, anaphrodisiac; especially useful in con trolling irritation of the genito-urinary apparatus, e. g. in priapism, eneuresis and seminal emissions. Locally used in the form of apoultice for its anodyne effect.2

LUPULIN
   A resinous powder obtained from the strobiles of HUMULUS LUPULUS, L. Properties of Hops, q. v.2


References

1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.
2) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.