Exotic guest: passionflower and its use in folk medicine

Very beautiful flower called Passionflower, or as it is called in the people passionflower, very high and pleases the eye with its white, purple and red flowers. It blooms all summer, and in autumn it gives fruits, the sizes of which reach the volumes of a chicken egg.

In our latitudes it is almost impossible to meet passionflower. It was first found in North America, and now in the wild it occurs in countries with warm climates: Asia, Australia and Polynesia, because it is very fond of heat and moisture.

Healing properties

Passionflow is able not only to please with its exotic appearance, but also helps to get rid of various diseases.

• This large flower (less commonly called "pasiflora") helps to get rid of nervous disorders and positively influences sleep, relieving of insomnia.
• Can relieve pain and cramps with rheumatism and normalize the level of hormones.
• Plant-based extract is taken with blood pressure disorders, in particular in order to lower it. In addition, the flower perfectly normalizes the work of the heart and positively affects the condition of the vessels.
• With frequent and intense attacks of asthma, some specialists in traditional medicine even recommend inhalation from dried passionflower.
• The plant is used in combination with other herbs. To enhance the effect of any tincture to passionflower, add hops, St. John's wort and valerian.
• Extract of passionflower helps people in the fight against alcoholism. However, this process takes quite a long time and the treatment can take up to a year.

Side effects and contraindications

Despite the fact that drugs and extracts based on this exotic flower can be found in any pharmacy, there are certain prohibitions to their use.

1. Independently to begin reception of means without preliminary consultation of the doctor it is strictly forbidden to people with serious infringements in work of bodies of digestion (ulcers and chronic gastritis).
2. Passion flora treatment is strictly contraindicated for people suffering from arrhythmia and angina pectoris. Otherwise, serious health problems may occur.
3. Parents who give their children tea from passionflower, too, must be very attentive. This applies to people with low blood pressure. The fact is that the plant has the property of lowering blood pressure.
4. Pregnancy is not included in the list of contraindications if the dosage is not too large and there will be an appropriate doctor's permission.
5. Passiflora-based medications are never prescribed for people with atherosclerosis of cerebral vessels, patients with a heart attack and those with uric acid salts found in the body.

The most popular recipe

Most often, passion tea is used to make tea, which helps with nervous breakdowns and related sleep disorders and digestive tract work.

A teaspoon of dried herbs are poured into half a glass of boiling water and allowed to stand for ten minutes. Then the liquid is filtered through a strainer or gauze and consumed as a tea in a small cup thirty minutes before bedtime.

Traditional medicine also does not refuse to use passionflowers. The pharmacy sells plant extracts, which drink twenty drops three times a day to soothe.

In order not to harm your body, never start to heal by means prepared from this plant yourself. Failure to comply with the dosage can lead to undesirable consequences and even disrupt the overall health.