====== Hops ======
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latin_names: Humulus lupulus
folk_names: Beer Flower, Flores de Cerveza
gender_tags: Masculine
planet_tags: Mars
element_tags: Air
deity_tags: 
effect_tags: Healing, Sleep
part_tags: fresh flowers, dried flowers
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===== Magical Uses =====

A pillow stuffed with dried hops brings on sleep and rest.

Hops are also used in healing sachets and incenses.

===== Aromatherapy =====

Today, many people only encounter hops in bottles of beer, but this strangely named and strangely shaped plant was once the most-prescribed tranquilizer. Sniffing the scent of the fresh or dried flowers brings on natural sleep. Small pillows can be made of the dried flowers.

Or, just before bedtime, inhale the scent and visualize it strengthening and maintaining your health. Let the hop energy do its work as you sleep.

This ritual is fine at all times of day, but be warned that its scent is calming and relaxing.
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