Botanical Name: Passiflora incarnata Plant Part: Dried Aerials Status: Organic Place of Origin: Australia
Description: Passionflower is best known as a remedy for insomnia and disturbed sleep patterns, and is useful for short-term bouts of sleeplessness. It's other known uses include being a gentle sedative, for pain relief and for its tranquillizing effects.
Widely acknowledged to be good for anxiety tension, irritability and insomnia. Passionflowers gentle sedative properties produce a soothing and relaxing effect, reducing nervous over-activity and panic, and making it a mild and non-addictive herbal tranquillizer, comparable in some ways to Valerian.
This herb's valuable painkilling properties are applied for toothache, period pain and headaches. Because of its ability to reduce anxiety, Passionflower is valuable for many nervous conditions and is used to treat a diverse range, such as asthma, palpitations, high blood pressure and muscle cramps.
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