Passionflower - A remedy for insomnia
Passion flower has other names such as bunch bao, longan vine, net vine, fish sauce, gourd vine, beak pi, quanh mon (Tay), co hong tien (Thai), and western phien lien.
Passionflower has other names such as chum bao, day long long, day net, mam nem, day bau duong, mo pi, quanh mon (Tay), co hong tien (Thai) tay phien lien. Passionflower is a climbing vine with soft, hollow stems and sparse hairs. Leaves grow alternately, 3 lobes, edges and both sides have fine hairs, and tendrils are curled. Flowers are white in the middle, light purple, with fibrous appendages. Berries are yellow and edible.
The plant grows naturally on the edge of forests and hills. Many other species are also used such as Southern passionflower, Western passionflower, and egg passionflower.
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Passionflower is used as a sedative to treat insomnia and nervous breakdown. People often boil young shoots and eat them in the afternoon or a few hours before going to bed. The usual form is a liquid extract with sugar, prepared as follows:
50g passionflower, 30g acacia leaves, 10g mulberry leaves, 2.2g lotus heart, 90g sugar, enough water to make 100ml, benzoic acid for preservation and enough alcohol to dissolve benzoic acid. Use 2-4 tablespoons per day, children 1-2 teaspoons. Drink before bedtime as a sedative, induce sleep, treat anxiety and restlessness.
Treat nervous breakdown: Use 8-10g of passionflower vine and leaves, boil and drink before going to bed.
Treat dermatitis and scabies: Use passionflower leaves to boil water for bathing.
In addition, passion fruit is used to make a refreshing and nutritious beverage. How to make: Ripe fruit (the riper the more fragrant, 0.5 kg), cut in half, scrape out the seeds, squeeze and filter to get the juice. Mix 250g of white sugar with one liter of boiled water and let it cool. Pour the juice into the sugar water and mix well. Passion fruit juice has a special aroma, a slightly sour taste, and contains many vitamins, especially vitamin B2./.
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