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Botanical name: Passiflora incarnata
Family Passifloraceae
Therapeutic actions
Anti-depressive: uplifting to mood
Anti-spasmodic: prevents and eases spasms and relieves cramps.
Analgesic: relieves or diminishes pain
Anxiolytic
Bitter: increases the secretion of digestive juices
Diuretic: increases the secretion and expulsion of urine
Hypnotic: produces sleep
Hypotensive: lowers blood pressure
Relaxing nervine: strengthens or tones the nerves and nervous system
Vasodilator: increase the internal diameter of blood vessels
Sedative: reduces nervousness, distress, or agitation