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Tammy Kidney
Does anyone know if any particular varieties of hops are better than others medicinally? I want to plant & grow some hops this spring, but there are so many varieties and they’re all marketed to brewers. Go figure. I live in NH in Zone 4b/5a.
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Elizabeth
I LOVE that you posted this. I just came in to ask this exact same question! I am in upstate NY, same zone, wanting to grow some medicinal hops.
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Sharon
Tammy & Elizabeth – what you want for hops medicinally is Humulus Lupulus (sp?). I believe that Doc said that other varieties “might” have some medicinal properties, but the real medicine is in the one I mentioned. Hope this helps. Hops tincture topically is the bomb for my terrible back!
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Thanks! I have been looking at Humulus lupulus. But then there’s H. lupulus var. Cascade; var. Willamette; var. Nugget…. and so on. I was looking for rhizomes, and keep finding all these variants. I know for some things, the variant doesn’t matter, but for others it does. Do you know if it matters in this case?
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