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Hops

People mainly take Hops for sleep, anxiety. Based on 9 first-hand reports and 9 meta-analyses & systematic reviews in the medical literature. Ranked #477 of 1,974 overall.

27
User score
Mixed
44% positive0% mixed33% negative22% unclear

Of reports that state an outcome, 57% are positive.

Clinical research
AStrong research base
9
meta-analyses
62
RCTs
2,959
papers

What Hops does, according to users

Of the people who reported each effect, the share who said it got better.

2 more with fewer than 3 reports
betterno changeworse

What the research says

Systematic reviews and meta-analyses from PubMed, with their published conclusions.

AStrong research base

3+ meta-analyses or systematic reviews and 10+ randomized controlled trials in humans. The grade measures how much human research exists — read the conclusions below for what it found.

Annu Rev Plant Biol · 2020 · Meta-analysis / systematic review
The Genomics of Cannabis and Its Close Relatives

Conclusion: These assemblies are also ordered at a low resolution, and their consensus quality clouds the accurate annotation of complete, partial, and pseudogenized gene copies. Considering the importance of genomics in the development of any crop, this analysis underlines the need for a coordinated effort to quantify the genetic and biochemical diversity of this species.

PubMed 32155342 ↗
Stat Med · 2022 · Meta-analysis / systematic review
Network meta-analysis and random walks

Conclusion: By then defining a random walk on the directed evidence flow network, we derive analytically the matrix of proportion contributions. The random-walk approach has none of the associated ambiguity of the existing algorithm.

PubMed 35293631 ↗
Phytother Res · 2018 · Meta-analysis / systematic review
GABA-modulating phytomedicines for anxiety: A systematic review of preclinical and clinical evidence

Conclusion: Ten phytomedicines were identified as having preclinical investigations showing interaction with the GABA system, in addition to human clinical trials: kava, valerian, pennywort, hops, chamomile, Ginkgo biloba, passionflower, ashwagandha, skullcap, and lemon balm. Collectively, the literature reveals preclinical and clinical evidence for various phytomedicines modulating GABA-pathways, with comparative anxiolytic effect to the current array of pharmaceuticals, along with good safety and tolerability profiles.

PubMed 29168225 ↗

Dosage people report

As stated by users — not a recommendation. Follow the label or your doctor.

1 capsulearound dinner, sometimes another 1 hour before bed

Reported side effects

How often each side effect came up across all reports.

No side effects reported so far.

What users say

Verbatim quotes, shortened only — each links to the original discussion.

“St. John's Wort, Passion Flower, Hops, and Skullcap. My sleep improved with those.”
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“I've tried melatonin, glycine, hops, theanine but nothing works.”
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“I started taking it in grad school...Went from dropping out completely because of lack of focus to maintaining a 3.9 GPA”
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“Valerian, Chamomile, Lemon Balm and Hops - knock me out in an hour or each individually can calm and relax me noticeably”
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“For anxiety, there are lots of mild herbs and supplements: Sun-Theanine, passionflower, hops, valerian.”
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Top discussions (5)

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