Passion Flower Extract (20:1 Concentration) – Passiflora Incarnata

Passion Flower Extract (20:1 Concentration) – Passiflora Incarnata

Passion Flower (Passiflora Incarnata), also known as Maypop, is a climbing vine native to Central and South America as well as the southeastern United States. It produces some of the most striking and visually captivating flowers found in nature. The blooms of P. Incarnata range from purple to white with yellow centers, while other species can display red, white, or various combinations thereof. Passiflora Incarnata has a long and well-documented history of traditional use among Native Americans in North America and was subsequently adopted by European colonists.

Traditional Uses: 

• The leaves — whether fresh, dried, or extracted — have traditionally been used to prepare teas, encapsulated forms, or used directly to wind down & relax.
• Passiflora Incarnata is recognized for its potential to complement and enhance the effects of other botanicals. Use with appropriate caution and awareness.
• P. Incarnata has a long history of traditional use in aiding stress, restlessness, and general calm — with centuries of anecdotal and folk use across many cultures.
• The naturally occurring compounds in Passiflora Incarnata have been explored in relation to calming and relaxing properties.
• While Passiflora Incarnata is not itself hallucinogenic, it has historically been combined with Desmanthus illinoensis (Illinois Bundleflower) root bark in certain traditional ceremonial contexts to produce a preparation known as “Prairiehuasca” — an analog of the traditional shamanic brew ayahuasca. In this concoction, the Passion Flower serves as an oral-compatibility agent for the DMT alkaloids present in the Illinois Bundleflower, which are not otherwise orally active on their own.

What is behind the name “Passion Flower”?  In the 1400’s – 1600’s, Spanish Christian missionaries saw the unique physical structures, particularly the numbers of its various flower parts, as symbols of the last days of Jesus and especially his crucifixion.

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