Hops were born in the European and American area and Asia originally. In our country,it mainly distributs north of Xinjiang, Northeast, North of China ,Shandong and Gansu. The hops plant is a vigorous climbing herbaceous perennial, usually grown up strings in a field called a hops field, hops garden or hops yard when grown commercially. Many different varieties of hops are grown by farmers around the world, with different types being used for particular styles of beer.
Historically, beer hops extract was used in folk medicine as a tonic, sedative and anti inflammatory agent to reduce swelling. Today, the cosmetic industry uses beer hops extract in lotions and creams for its skin-softening properties. The food manufacturing industry uses beer hops extract to flavor candy, baked goods and frozen dairy desserts. Beer hops extract is on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration list of items generally recognized as safe.
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