Passionflower or Passiflora incarnata Uses and Benefits as per Traditional Herbal Medicine
Passionflower or Passiflora incarnata is a great traditional herbal remedy that is used for various disorders. It is beneficial in anxiety, as mild natural sedative, for high blood pressure and nervous heart, insomnia, during female hormonal transitions, in performance anxiety, for deaddiction, for irritative cough and many other conditions.This herb gained importance in mid-nineteenth century when L. Phare introduced it into Western Medicine in 1840. Passiflora incarnata is in use both as an edible and for medicinal purposes. It is used for slightly different purposes in different countries.
Edible Fruit Of Passiflora incarnata:
It is cultivated and enjoyed by all rainforest inhabitants. The yellow gelatinous pulp ofthe fruit is eaten out of hand. The pulp is also mixed with water and sugar to make drinks, jams, jellies, sherbets and even salad dressings.
Passionflower Uses in Traditional Herbal Medicine
Geriatric and pediatric insomnia:
Sleeplessness of infants and children respond well to this herb. Old persons whose insomnia is due to excessive worries and mental labor get good benefit from this herb.
Passiflora incarnata As A Mild Sedative:
Its fruit is a mild sedative. This action is useful in hysteria, delirium, agitation, nervine weakness, nervousness, restlessness and anxiety.
Nervous and hyperactive children respond well to this botanical. It offers benefit in the concentration problems. The power of focusing attention is enhanced.
As A Herbal Remedy for Heart Health:
Cardiovascular neuroses is the condition of stress and anxiety when one feels great worry for one’s health. It might be accompanied by sweating, palpitation. This condition responds favorably to Passionflower.
It can be used in high blood pressure esp. when nervous anxiety or agitation of mind is felt.
As A Herbal Remedy for Women – Hormonal Transition or Adjustment Periods:
In females especially, there are periods of hormonal adjustments or transition during the onset of menstrual cycle around puberty and later when menstrual cycle stops around menopause period. Other times are during parturition or giving birth to baby, pregnancy, breast feeding.
All these periods are associated with some psychological element as well. Passiflora incarnata flower offers its great service with its passion to maternity and female sex!
Passiflora incarnata in Respiratory Troubles:
It eases the expectoration that is why it is of use in bronchial asthma, whooping cough, cough when sputum doesn’t come out easily. It can help in irritative cough.
As a Herbal Remedy for Stomach & Intestine Discomfort:
Nervous stomach and discomfort of stomach and intestine respond well. This botanical also exertsanti-spasmodic effect.
As vermifuge it expels the worms out.
As A Tonic Herbal Remedy for Brain & Nerves:
Neuralgia or nerve pains, headaches and general pain respond favorably to this herb. It is said to be strengthening for our nerves.It might exert its positive effect as anti-convulsant and thus be helpful in seizures.
