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PASSIEBLOEM, Passiflora incarnata |
| Parts used: Leaves |
| Constituents: Alkaloids, Flavonoids, Sterols, chlorogenic acid, maltol, gynocardin, sterols and traces of
volatile oil |
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| Actions |
Indications |
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Sedative
Nervine
Anxiolytic |
Nervous system, stress, anxiety, tension, insomnia, restlessness, heart
palpitations, tachycardia, epilepsy, neuralgia, shingles (gordelroos), obsessive thinking,
bladder infection, anxiety, trauma, worry.
BHP specific for insomnia +Hops 10+10 drops before sleeping +PPMP
Or 50mL water, 3mL alcohol + 10 Jam. Dogwood, Hops or Skullcap, Passionflower, 15 drops |
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Anti-inflammatory |
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Hypotensive |
Relaxes smooth muscles, hypertension |
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Vasodilator |
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Anti-spasmodic |
Spasmodic asthma, dry cough, whooping cough, nervous cough |
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Anodyne mild |
Pain in the kidney or sacrum |
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Diuretic |
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Anthelmintic |
(Liver anger, people who explode,
migraines)
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Herbal extract,
15-40mL per week |
Energetics: Cooling, dry, bitter. Dosha: V+PK- |
Meridians: heart, liver, lung |
Contraindications: None, may potentiate sedative drugs |
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