Passiflora
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Passion flower or herba passiflora is a herb which has been used as a traditional medicine in both Eastern and Western cultures.[1][2]
Alternative names[edit | edit source]
The scientific name of passion flower is passiflora incarnata L. and its plant varieties are passiflora alata, passiflora edulis, passiflora laurifolia and passiflora quadrangularis.
Alternative names include:
- Apricot vine,
- Corona de cristo,
- Fleischfarbige
- Fleur de la passion or Flor de passion
- Granadilla (species with edible fruit)
- Jamaican honeysuckle (Passiflora laurifolia),
- Madre selva
- Maracuja or Maracuva
- Maypop
- Passion fruit
- Passion vine
- Passionsblumenkraut
- Purple passion flower
- Water lemon (P. laurifolia)
- Wild passion flower[2]
Uses[edit | edit source]
Passion flower has been investigated for a number of different uses, including:
- Antidepressant effects
- Anti-inflammatory
- Antimicrobial activity
- Antioxidant activity
- Antitussive effects
- Cardiovascular effects including reducing blood pressure and clotting
- Central nervous system and anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) effects
- Diabetes
- Diverticular disease
- Menopause symptoms[2]
- Sleep dysfunction and insomnia[3]
See also[edit | edit source]
Learn more[edit | edit source]
- Passion flower - drugs.com
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Herba passiflorae", WHO Monographs on Selected Medicinal Plants., Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization, 3, pp. 257–267, 2007
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Passion Flower Uses, Benefits & Dosage - Drugs.com Herbal Database". Drugs.com. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
- ↑ Gyllenhaal, Charlotte; Merritt, Sharon L.; Peterson, Sara Davia; Block, Keith I.; Gochenour, Tom (June 1, 2000). "Efficacy and safety of herbal stimulants and sedatives in sleep disorders". Sleep Medicine Reviews. 4 (3): 229–251. doi:10.1053/smrv.1999.0093. ISSN 1087-0792.
