15-05-2012, 12:15 PM
Isabelle,
You may be right. In the past I tried hops tea and capsules from pharmacies and had absolutely no sensations from it until I purchased it in bulk from an online store selling organic herbs. I received a large brown paper bag with herbs sealed with tape so packed quite differently than hops I used to buy in pharmacies. I started drinking it as tea and it got me wonderful sensations, headaches, etc. Once I stopped drinking the tea my sensations were also gone. I am wondering if this hops is also contaminated with zearalenone or fusarium. I am going to start taking it internally instead of the capsules I currently take. Do you know if any parts of hops are poisonous? This was described as "whole" so I was not sure if I can just eat it and now I am afraid that I may not get all the bacteria through the tea though zearalenone is supposed to be heat-resistant.
You may be right. In the past I tried hops tea and capsules from pharmacies and had absolutely no sensations from it until I purchased it in bulk from an online store selling organic herbs. I received a large brown paper bag with herbs sealed with tape so packed quite differently than hops I used to buy in pharmacies. I started drinking it as tea and it got me wonderful sensations, headaches, etc. Once I stopped drinking the tea my sensations were also gone. I am wondering if this hops is also contaminated with zearalenone or fusarium. I am going to start taking it internally instead of the capsules I currently take. Do you know if any parts of hops are poisonous? This was described as "whole" so I was not sure if I can just eat it and now I am afraid that I may not get all the bacteria through the tea though zearalenone is supposed to be heat-resistant.