hops

(hops) [L. Aw/mulus or lu’ pulus]. The strobiles, or spikes, of the hop-plant, Hu/mulus lu’- pulus. They contain lupulin, tannin, and humulin, and are sedative and tonic. They are employed as a local anodyne, and are given in dyspepsia, genito-urinary irritation, and delirium tremens. Dose of fluidextract, 5-15 min. (0.333-1 c.c.); of oleoresin, 2-5 min. (0.133-0.333 c.c.); of tincture, §-2 dr. (2-4 c.c.); of extract, s-ro gr. (0.333- 0.666 gm.).