Posted by bleauberry on December 20, 2010, at 19:44:20
In reply to High-quality, Standardized Passionflower in the US, posted by Melanie-00 on December 15, 2010, at 16:05:34
Passionflower can sure work. It has saved me several times.
With most botanicals the synergy of different plants usually produces results greater than any of the individual components. The Chinese for example usually have 6 to 12 or more plants in any single prescription.
Ones that combine well syergistically with Passionflower:
Lemon Balm
SkullcapThere are lots of plants for severe anxiety but with many of them that is not their primary purpose. So we don't hear much about them. They would include several dozen, some of them being Bacopa, Rosemary, Rhodiola Rosea, St Johns Wort (goes really well with Lemon Balm). Some of the antibacterial/antifungal herbs have remarkable calming action to them.
I have tried a bunch. The period of my severe anxiety, nervousness, and fear of public was the three months after weaning off of Zyprexa and Prozac and cannibas. Of the three herbs I used at the time to calm down when it just got too rough to handle, Lemon Balm was the one with most pronounced amazing rapid calmness without drowsiness. Passionflower and Skullcap were good too, but Lemon Balm just felt stronger and clean. Skullcap and Passionflower had some sedation to them. They are also used for insomnia. Lemon Balm didn't seem to have the same sedation. Once you know what each herb does to you, then you can combine them in custom tailored ratios for best effect.
In tincture form the best quality I am aware of is from HerbPharm. For pills I don't know. I would imagine most of the common brands out there are probably good. For fastest action, potency, and absorption, tincture is the only way to go. Easy measuring for custom doses too.
But I would never suggest to anyone to try some particular herb and only that herb. That is the correct starting point though.
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