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Description
Medicinal Usage
Passion flower is a gentle herbal tranquilizer and antispasmodic. A tea can be used for insomnia caused by worry and overwork, tension headaches, and neuralgia. Passion flower will slightly reduce blood pressure while increasing respiration and depressing motor activity. Extracts of the rhizome were formerly used to treat hemorrhoids, burns, and erysipelas.
The plant contains variable amounts of indole alkaloids including harman, harmine, harmaline, passiflorine, plus flavonoids, sterols, and sugars.
The above-ground plant parts are harvested when in bloom. The fruits are sweet and edible. They contain some calcium, iron, and phosphorus.
General Herb Information
There are over 400 species of passion flowers, mostly from tropical America with two species, P. incarnata and P. lutea, indigenous to the southern United States.
P. incarnata is a perennial climber found from Virginia to Florida, west to Texas and Missouri. The fast-growing vines climb with tendrils, and often reach thirty feet inlength. They die back to the root when hit by frost. The dull green leaves are four to six inches long, with three to five broad, deep lobes which have serrated margins. The fantastic floral assemblage is one of the most intricate and remarkable of the plant world. Above the ten-part receptacle is a corona with white-purple thread-like filaments. Five stamens with hammer-like anthers surround a three-parted style, topped with reddish stigmas protruding from the flower's center like the antennae of a space ship. The flowers are two to three inches across. The yellowish edible fruits-called maypops are about the size of a hen's egg and are filled with seeds surrounded by a sweet mucilaginous flesh.
Passion flowers spread from root runners and can be grown from seeds, or cuttings, or by dividing the runners in autumn.
Passion flowers need a place to climb. They often grow along fence rows or climb trees along railroad tracks. A slightly acidic sandy loam with full sun will create a good patch. In areas where temperatures dip below -15°F, passion flowers will not survive the winter.
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Directions
Take 1 capsule, 3 times daily, with meals.
Cautions
Not to be used during pregnancy or lactation.
Additional Information
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These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Products are intended to support general well being and are not intended to treat, diagnose, mitigate, prevent, or cure any condition or disease. If conditions persist, please seek advice from your medical doctor. The essence of the current American rule on Traditional Uses is, as stated by FTC, "Claims based on historical or traditional use should be substantiated by confirming scientific evidence, or should be presented in such a way that consumers understand that the sole basis for the claim is a history of use of the product for a particular purpose."
