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Passionflower

assionflower () is a traditional medicine utilising the flowers as well as the berries, roots and leaves, originally prized by native North American people before spreading to Europe. Traditional uses reflect the uses today and in Europe these are mainly as a tea for insomnia and anxiety. In North America it is primarily used for sedation and in Brazil as an anti-asthmatic and analgesic and for sedation. In the Amazon, passionflower was a component of an analogue of the shamanic hallucinogenic drink

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