Witnessed by: Western
Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata), of the Passifloraceae family. Climbing perennial vine with intricate fringed flowers and egg-shaped fruit; native range: thickets, fields and roadsides of the southeastern United States. Globally recognized as maypop; apricot vine; wild passionflower in English. The part used is flowering and fruiting aerial parts. Trailing tendrilled vine, faintly green and bitter with little scent.
In this cross-tradition database, we analyze how this substance operates across world medicine systems — tracking its traditional tastes, temperatures, tissue affinities, post-digestive effects, and planetary correspondences across Ayurveda, Unani, and Western herbalism.
PASSIONFLOWER
IDENTITY
Name
- Common
- passionflower
- Scientific name
- Passiflora incarnata L.
- Family
- Passifloraceae
Form
- Part used
- flowering and fruiting aerial parts
PROPERTIES
Nature
Taste
how the plant declares itself on the tongue
- Western
- bitter
Temperature
- Western
- cool
Affinity
where in the body it travels
Organs / channels
- Western
- nerves · nervous system · heart
PRACTICE
Virtue
Actions
- Western
- nervine, sedative, hypnotic, anxiolytic, antispasmodic, mild hypotensive
Cautions
Contraindications: avoid in pregnancy; may cause drowsiness, so care with driving
Toxicity: well tolerated at customary dose
Interactions
- Western
- sedatives / CNS depressants: additive sedation with hypnotics, anxiolytics and alcohol
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