PASSION FLOWER

Passiflora incarnata

 

HERB PROPERTIES

NERVINE

RELAXANT

SEDATIVE

 

HEALTH CONDITIONS SUPPORT

ANTI ANXIETY

NERVOUSNESS

SLEEP DISTURBANCES

STOMACH UPSET

RESTLESS AGITIATION

 

 

ACTIVE INGREDIENTS

APIGENIN

FLAVONOIDS

HARMALINE

KAEMPFEROL

LUTEOLIN

MALTOL

QUERCITIN

RUTIN

SCOPOLETIN

 

Prior to 1978, passionflower was approved
as an over-the-counter natural sedative in the U.S.

Compounds in the plant stimulate an increase in
the production of gamma-amino butyric acid,
or GABA, in the brain, which produces a mild
sedative effect.

 

PARTS OF THE PLANT USED

FLOWER

LEAVES

SHOOTS

STEMS

 

DOSAGE INFORMATION

STANDARD INFUSION (TEA):

4-8 OZ UP TO 4 TIMES DAILY

TINCTURE: 

10-60 DROPS UP TO 4 IMES PER DAY

 

FORMS FOR USE

TEA

TINCTURE

CONTRAINDICATIONS

DO NOT TAKE WITH SEDATIVES

DO NOT USE DURING PREGNANCY

 

GROW YOUR OWN!

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PLANT REQUIREMENTS:

SUN: PASSION FLOWERS NEED AT LEAST 4 FULL HOURS OF SUNLIGHT A DAY; MORE IN COOLER CLIMATES AND SOME PARTIAL SHADE IN THE HOTTEST AREAS.

SOIL: THE SOIL SHOULD BE WELL-DRAINING, BUT RICH. PASSION FLOWERS GROW AND BLOOM BEST WHEN THE SOIL IS KEPT MOIST. THEY DO NOT HANDLE DROUGHT WELL AND  CAN BE IN THE PH NEUTRAL RANGE, ANYWHERE FROM ABOUT 6.1 TO 7.5.

PLANTING: ADDING COMPOST TO THE PLANTING HOLE WILL HELP RETAIN MOISTURE. SOME TYPE OF SUPPORT IS NEEDED FOR THE VINES TO GROW ON. IT CAN BE A TRELLIS, A STRUCTURE OR EVEN ANOTHER PLANT.

MOST VARIETIES OF PASSION FLOWER CAN BE PURCHASED AS PLANTS. THEY CAN ALSO BE PROPAGATED FROM EITHER SEED, SOFTWOOD CUTTINGS, LAYERING OR RHIZOMES.

 

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