Passionflower: An Anti-Anxiety Herb
Passionflower (Passiflora Incarnata) helps you feel calm. It’s a super-mild plant supplement that relieves anxiety and restlessness while leaving you clear-headed.
We here at Think Drinks are not the first ones to notice this: humans have used Passionflower as a treatment for anxiety and insomnia since prehistoric times. These days, many scientific studies back up what we know from centuries of use: Passionflower is great at putting you at ease.
What is Passionflower? There are many Passionflower species, but most research has been about the type called Passiflora Incarnata, so that is the one we use.
The Passionflower plant is a striking pink and purple, which is why you have probably heard people call it wild apricot, wild passion vine, purple passionflower, or maypop. It’s native to Australia, and it’s common in the southern part of the United States, which is why it is the official wildflower of the state of Tennessee. It grows to be about 10 m, and people sometimes think it looks like it has a crown on top.
To make the supplement, you grind up the plant’s leaves, seeds, flowers, and stamps into a tea, extract, or tincture. In our case, we then add that mixture to Anxiedote at an amount that studies suggest will get the best results (700-1000 mg).