{"product_id":"passionflower-passiflora-incarnata-cut-and-sifted","title":"Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata), Cut and Sifted, Certified Organic","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eITALY. Passionflower (\u003cem\u003ePassiflora incarnata\u003c\/em\u003e), Cut and Sifted, Certified Organic\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCommon names: Maypop, Wild Apricot, Wild Passion Vine, Ocoee, Granadilla, Maracoc, Madre Selva, Corona de Cristo, Water Lemon, Charkhi Felek, Jhumkalata, Ward Assa’ah, Shivpushpi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFamily: Passifloraceae\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePassionflower is a perennial vine, bearing intricate purple and white flowers that mature into a type of passion fruit. Native to southeastern USA, Mexico, and Central and South America, it thrives best in sunny areas, typically in thickets and unmowed pastures, and near rivers and roadsides. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eValued by Native American groups for its edible fruit and its medicinal uses, Passionflower seems not to have been adopted by settlers until much later than many other herbs. It has since been adopted by herbalists in Europe and elsewhere as an outstanding remedy for anxiety, insomnia, restlessness, spasms, and pain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid Winston considers it “\u003ca title=\"Passionflower for insomnia from persistent thoughts\" href=\"https:\/\/www.davidwinston.org\/extracts\/passionflower.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003especific for people who can’t fall asleep because their minds keep running\u003c\/a\u003e.” The muscle relaxant effects make it helpful for some cases of spasmodic cough, asthma, hypertension, diarrhea, and dysmenorrhea. Active compounds in Passionflower include alkaloids, flavonoids, fatty acids, coumarins, and glycosides.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStudies show \u003cem\u003eP. incarnata\u003c\/em\u003e’s effectiveness for its best-known uses: improving \u003ca title=\"Passionflower improves sleep quality\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/21294203\" target=\"_blank\"\u003esleep\u003c\/a\u003e and relieving \u003ca title=\"Passionflower for anxiety\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/27918731\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eanxiety\u003c\/a\u003e. The anti-anxiety and anti-epileptic effects, attributed to alkaloids acting on the GABA receptors, have been found in experiments to be comparable to that of various benzodiazepines, however it doesn’t produce the negative impacts on memory and \u003ca title=\"Epilepsy relief sparing job performance\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/11679026\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ejob performance\u003c\/a\u003e caused by those drugs. A clinical trial comparing Passionflower to conventional stimulant treatment for \u003ca rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Passionflower for ADHD\" href=\"https:\/\/www.openaccessjournals.com\/abstract\/passiflora-incarnata-in-the-treatment-of-attentiondeficit-hyperactivity-disorder-in-children-and-adolescents-11150.html\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eADHD\u003c\/a\u003e found the herb's benefits to be on par with the medication, without the stimulant's side effects of appetite suppression and anxiety. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePassionflower appears to be quite safe in general, but should be avoided during pregnancy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e*These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Em's Herbals Wholesale","offers":[{"title":"1 lb.","offer_id":31871162318906,"sku":"PA30095-OCS","price":25.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0026\/7318\/0730\/products\/passionflower6-22_f897f367-6c7c-45c6-9c59-cd1447f1bd43.heic?v=1656883906","url":"https:\/\/emsherbals.com\/products\/passionflower-passiflora-incarnata-cut-and-sifted","provider":"emsherbals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}