Peaceful Mind and restful sleep: Lilikoi alcohol - free tincture!
Lilikoi (aka passionflower) is suggested for anxiety and sleep problems, as well as for pain, menopausal symptoms, and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Ingredients:
fresh from our farm organic Lilikoi flowers and young leaves
organic vegetable glycerine from coconuts
purified water
1:5 ratio dilution
2 oz glass bottle
Directions:
take a full dropper (approx. 30 drops) 1-3 x daily. (suggested afternoon and 30 mintes to 1 hour before bed time)
squeeze it directly under your tongue, hold 1-2 minutes and swallow.
or add it to your tea, water, or juice.
Passionflower benefits:
- has calmative and sleep-inducing effects,
- it is also effective at reducing anxiety
- pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory effects
- it reduces spasms in the smooth muscles
- combacts insomnia: significant sleep-inducer
- has a depressant action on the central nervous system, which contributes to its relaxant action on the nerves
- helps with ADD and ADHD
- help alleviate the symptoms of spasmodic asthma
Passion Flower has a lot of GABA, which is a substance in the brain that helps calm things down. GABA works in different parts of the brain and helps control excitability. When there's too much excitement, GABA steps in to relax things. Passion Flower can also help with problems like muscle cramps, seizures, anxiety, and trouble sleeping, which are linked to this excitability.
Passion Flower isn't just about GABA. It also has other helpful parts like flavonoids, harmala alkaloids, maltol, lycopene, and certain flavonoid glycosides. These extra parts, along with GABA, are responsible for the flower's calming, pain-relieving, and anxiety-reducing effects.
In a small study done with children and adolescents with ADHD, Passion Flower was found to be just as effective as the drug methylphenidate at controlling ADHD symptoms, however, methylphenidate was observed to cause side effects such as loss of appetite, anxiety, and nervousness. Passion Flower did not demonstrate these side effects in as much frequency, leading the researchers to suggest Passion Flower as a potential treatment for ADHD (Akhondzadeh, Mohammadi & Momeni, 2005).
Pregnancy safety data classifies the herb as Category B1, meaning there have been no increase in the frequency of malformations to the fetus, nor have there been increased frequency in other harmful effects on the fetus.
Possible Interactions
Use caution for the following:
- Barbiturates
This combination may potentiate sleep. Passion Flower may increase the effects of these medications.
- CNS depressants
Because Passion Flower has sedative properties, it may have additive effects when taken with other substances that cause sedation. Use caution if taking with opiates, benzodiazepines, and alcohol. Other sedative drugs that may see an increase in sedation when used concomitantly with Passion Flower include: phenobarbital (Luminal), secobarbital (Seconal), clonazepam (Klonopin), zolpidem (Ambien), pentobarbital (Nembutal), etc.
Lorazepam (Ativan)
In one case a man taking this medication in combination with Passion Flower and Valerian developed palpitations, shaking, dizziness, and excessive sedation. The symptoms resolved when the herbs were discontinued.
(Passion Flower, 2018a; Passion Flower, 2018b)
FDA Disclaimer: These statements have not been evaluated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any diseases.
