Passion flower is an herbaceous perennial plant widely used in herbal medicine for its calming and anxiolytic properties useful in disorders of the nervous sphere.
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Passionflower Mother Tincture: benefits and indications?
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Passiflora Incarnata, what is it?
Passionflower(scientific name Passiflora Incarnata) is a perennial, climbing herbaceous plant with a stout, woody stem that can grow up to 10 meters long . Native to the southern United States, it is now grown just about everywhere for medicinal, ornamental and for its edible fruits.
The plant is characterized by:
- leaves: alternate, petiolate and finely covered with a dense, thin down.
- flowers: solitary, at the apex of a long peduncle that has 3 oval, serrated bracts at the end. They have 5 sepals (green on the outside and white on the inside) and 5 thin, white petals.
- fruits: are oval berries that contain numerous seeds immersed in a fleshy substance with a sweet taste.
The benefits and properties of Passionflower:
Passionflower is a herbal medicine and its drug consists of the flowering ommunities: the leaves and aerial parts of the Passiflora incarnata contain in fact:
- indole alkaloids(armane, passiflorin, armine, armol, armalin, armalol)
- tannins
- phytosterols
- phenolic acids
- traces of essential oil
- flavonoids (hyperoside, vitexin, isovitexin, saponaria, rutin, apigenin, quercetin)
- amino acids
- oxycoumarin
- fatty acids and organic acids
Passionflower mother tincture is one of the most sought-after phytotherapeutic remedies for combating disorders of the nervous sphere, thanks to its’ sedative and calming action
which are effective in cases of insomnia, stress, anxiety, neurosis, anxiety, menopausal disorders, and premenstrual syndrome.
In addition, due to the antispasmodic effect of the armanic alkaloids contained in its mother tincture, it helps to relax the smooth muscles of the uterus and is therefore indicated in cases of menstrual pain.
Passion flower supplement: its properties:
Alcohol-Free Mother Tincture of Passion Flower, or Passionflower Glyceric Macerate, is a natural remedy useful for:
- relaxation (sleep, in case of stress)
- mental well-being,
- The regular gastrointestinal motility and elimination of gas.
All of these claims are regulated and approved by the Italian Ministry of Health for their physiological effects, aimed at “optimizing the body’s functions within homeostasis.”
Passionflower Mother Tincture
Mother tincture (TM) is a liquid preparation, obtained by extracting the fresh drug by
percolation or maceration with an appropriate solvent.
The solvent most used in mother tinctures is a hydroalcoholic solution (water + alcohol) with a variable alcohol content (most often between 60 ° and 80 °) depending on the solubility of the active ingredients to be extracted.
Passionflower mother tincture is an herbal preparation extracted from the leaves and fruits of the plant, which are macerated in a 1:10 ratio in a solution of water and Alcohol. It is an herbal remedy considered useful for the for its hypotensive, vasodilator and antispasmodic properties.
Passionflower Glyceric Macerate: what is it?
In recent years, Mother Tinctures extracted with the Vegetable Glycerin instead of Alcohol, which makes them better in several respects. In addition, since Glycerin is a less potent type of solvent and therefore less extractive than Alcohol, innovative extraction techniques are used, such as the‘Ultrasonic Extraction.
Ultrasonic extraction is an innovative, clean, quick and easy extraction technique that allows to extract the active ingredients from plants and medicinal plants in particular and to make quality phytoextracts, taking advantage of the exclusively mechanical action exerted by the cavitation effect produced by sound waves.
Passionflower Mother Tincture is obtained from the hydro-glyceric maceration of the aerial parts of Passiflora Incarnata, again at a ratio of 1:10, and is an innovative type of Mother Tincture, which, having been obtained by the ultrasonic process, makes it better from several points of view.
We at Vonderweid, thanks to our 20 years of experience in the field of dietary supplements and after a long process of research and development in our laboratories for the production of
Non-alcoholic Mother Tinctures, we have managed to obtain a product with the desired characteristics.
Our non-alcoholic mother tinctures are classified as Dietary Supplements and are regularly notified to the Ministry of Health.
Passionflower, how many drops to take?
For the intake of Passionflower drops, we recommend the use of 40 drops dissolved
In a glass of water, 1-3 times a day. Taking 40 drops of Vonderweid Passionflower Mother Tincture is equivalent to taking 260 mg of Passionflower.
Always remember Not to exceed the recommended daily dose. Keep out of the reach of children under 3 years of age. Food supplements are not intended as a substitute for a varied and balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle, and we always recommend the advice of your doctor or nutritionist before taking.
The advice, therefore, is to always consult your primary care physician before starting to take St. John’s Wort mother tincture, then consult a good herbalist or herbal medicine expert to determine how to take St. John’s Wort tincture and in what amounts.
