Passion Flower Dried Herb

Passiflora incarnata L.

Passiflora incarnata, also known as maypop, purple passionflower, true passionflower, wild apricot, and wild passion vine, is a fast-growing perennial vine with purple flowers. Native Americans originally used the passiflora plant's medicinal properties. The root was used as a poultice to treat boils, cuts, bruises, and other inflammations. The leaves were boiled to make tea to calm nerves or as a tonic.

Addiction; Anxiety; Asthma; Atony; Bacteria; Boil; Bronchosis; Bruise; Burn; Cancer; Candida; Cardiopathy; Chancre; Chorea; Colic; Convulsion; Cramp; Cut; Depression; Dermatosis; Diarrhea; Dysentery; Dysmenorrhea; Dyspnea; Earache; Eclampsia; Enterosis; Epilepsy;  Erysipelas; Fever; Flu; Fungus; Gastrosis; Headache; Hemorrhoid; High Blood Pressure; Hyperactivity; Hysteria; Infection; Inflammation Insomnia; Morphinism; Myalgia; Mycosis; Nervousness; Nervous Restlessness; Neuralgia; Neurasthenia; Neurosis; Nicotinism; Ophthalmia; Pain; Palpitation; PMS; Proctosis; Restlessness; Sore; Spasm; Stress; Tachycardia; Tetanus; Toothache; Typhoid; Uterosis; Weaning; Yeast.

Analgesic; Antibacterial; Antiinflammatory; Antiseptic; Antispasmodic; Anxiolytic; Candidicide; Cardiotonic); CNS-Depressant; CNS-Stimulant; Cyanogenic; Digestive; Emetic; Fungicide; Hematinic; Hypnotic); Hypotensive; MAOI; Myorelaxant; Narcotic; Respirastimulant; Sedative; Soporific; Tranquilizer; Uterorelaxant; Uterotonic.

Tea. Tincture. Extract.

Class 1. Large doses may result in CNS depression.  Because of harman and harmaline (uterine stimulants), its use in pregnancy and lactation is to be avoided

Duke, J. A. 1985. CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs. Boca Raton, Florida, CRC Press, Inc.