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Passion flower
used as medicine against hysteria and epilepsy among native American Indians Spanish Christians saw it as a symbol of the passion of Jesus
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It symbolises the Passion of Christ Five petals amp five sepals are ten apostles leaving out Judas the betrayer amp Peter because he denied knowing Jesus The purple carolla Bosio reported had seventy two filaments the number of thorns in Jesus s crown The three pistil stigmas are nails The five stamens are the number of wounds so that to this day Catholics in South amp Central America call it quot The Flower of the Five Wounds quot The leaf represents the spear that placed the wound in Jesus s side that one is a stretch since the leaves are five lobed but unlike some other species this one s individual lobes are at least lance shaped The dark spots under the leaves are the 33 pieces of silver paid to Judas When the flowers are spent after a single day the time Jesus spent on the cross the petals do not drop from the vine but re close over the ovary amp this symbolizes the Hidden Wisdom that constitutes the Mysteries of the Cross amp is like Jesus enclosed in the tomb I don t know the exact Indian symbology Can t find anything about it on the net but remember being told about it by my grandmother as a child Can t remember it now This plant and its flower has great medicinal properties and the extracts are used to treat anxiety insomnia epilepsy depression
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©2007 Publications International Ltd Passionflower has been used for anxiety epilepsy and high blood
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Medical and entheogenic uses Passiflora incarnata leaves and roots have a long history of use among Native Americans in North America Passiflora edulis and a few other species are used in Central and South America The fresh or dried leaves are used to make an infusion a tea that is used to treat insomnia hysteria and epilepsy and is also valued for its painkilling properties 1 It has been found to contain beta carboline harmala alkaloids which are MAOIs with anti depressant properties The flower has only traces of these chemicals but the leaves and the roots of some species contain more and have been used to enhance the effects of mind altering drugs Once dried the leaves can also be smoked Passion flower also may be effective for anxiety disorder but further studies are needed <a href= http en wikipedia org wiki Passion flower >en wikipedia org wiki Passion flower< a>
Passionflower
Other Names Maypops Apricot vine Passiflore rouge Passionsblume Purple Passion flower Passion Vine Habitat Eastern N American native perennial vine Virginia and Kentucky south to Florida and Texas Found growing in sandy thickets and open fields roadsides fence rows and waste places Cultivation Passionflower is easily cultivated through root division or by seed transplants from the wild do well it requires a well drained soil sandy slightly acid soil in full sun A trellis should be provided since it is a tendril climbing vine Passionflower has many beautiful large and aromatic flowers it grows very quickly and produces edible fruit and medicinal uses It has large three lobed serrated leaves with beautifully intricate purple and white sweet scented flowers that are from 2 to 3 inches across Flowers bloom from June to August The passion fruit when ripe is yellow green and the size of a small hen s egg The yellow pulp is sweet and edible Gather the herb above ground after some of the fruit have matured dry for later use Gather edible fresh juicy fruit when soft and light yellow green Properties Passionflower is edible and medicinal edible The delicious fruit and flowers can be eaten raw or cooked in jellies jams young leaves are used as a cooked vegetable or eaten in salads There is scientific evidence of the medicinal constituents of this herb Recent studies have pointed to the flavonoids in passion flower as the primary constituents responsible for its relaxing and antianxiety effects Some of the plants constituents Apigenin Luteolin Kaempferol and Quercetin are being studied and showing promise in fighting Parkinson s Disease Cancer HIV Leukemia and more The leaves and stems are medicinal used as antispasmodic astringent diaphoretic hypnotic narcotic sedative vasodilator and are also used in the treatment of women s complaints Passionflower is used as an alternative medicine in the treatment of insomnia nervous tension irritability neuralgia
Passion flower
My first bloom from the plant I bought last year from wikipedia Maypop P incarnata leaves and roots have a long history of use among Native Americans in North America and were adapted by the colonists The fresh or dried leaves of Maypop are used to make an infusion a tea that is used to treat insomnia hysteria and epilepsy and is also valued for its painkilling properties
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