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Passion Flower (Passiflora
incarnata)
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General Information:
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Passion Flower
- Vitacost Health Library
- Passionflower - The
Natural Pharmacist
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Passion Flower (Passiflora incarnata L.) - M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
News & Research:
- Stress, Cortisol and Health - Supplement Watch
Newsletter, 10/02 -
"several lines of evidence have converged to solidify the concept that
stress makes us fat (because of cortisol),
thins our bones (because of cortisol), shrinks our brains (because of
cortisol), suppresses our immune system (because of cortisol), saps our
energy levels (because of cortisol), and kills our sex drive (because of
cortisol) ... Take a daily multivitamin/multi-mineral supplement - because
calcium, magnesium,
vitamin C and B-complex vitamins are
needed for a proper stress response ... Chief among the supplements with
documented cortisol-controlling effects are
Phosphatidylserine, Beta-sitosterol,
Magnolia bark, Theanine,
Epimedium, Ashwagandha and
Passionflower"
- Passionflower: An Herbal Alternative For Anxiety?
- Intelihealth, 10/18/01 -
"researchers randomly assigned 32 people with GAD to receive either
passionflower or oxazepam
(an anti-anxiety drug) for 4 weeks. Both groups demonstrated significant
improvement in anxiety symptoms after 4 weeks of treatment and those who
took the herbal remedy had less impairment on job performance"
-
Herbs Make It Easy to Catch Some Zs" - Nutrition Science News, 11/99
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