This section is from the book "A Text-Book Of Materia Medica, Pharmacology And Therapeutics", by George F. Butler. Also available from Amazon: A text-book of materia medica, pharmacology and therapeutics.
Definition. - The glandular trichomes separated from the fruit of Humulus Lupulus L.
Description and Properties. - Bright, brownish-yellow, becoming yellowish-brown, resinous, consisting of minute glands which under the microscope are seen to be subglobular, or, rather, hood-shaped, and reticulate - aromatic and bitter.
Dose of Lupulin. - 5-30 grains (0.3-2.0 Gm.).
 
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