362. Passiflora, N.F.—Passion flower.

Botanical name: 

362. PASSIFLORA, N.F.—PASSION FLOWER. The herb of Passiflo'ra incarna'ta Linné; indigenous. Said by eclectic and homoeopathic practitioners to be a somnifacient, useful in neuralgia, sleeplessness, dysmenorrhoea, etc. Dose of a saturated tincture: 15 to 30 drops (1 to 2 Mils).


A Manual of Organic Materia Medica and Pharmacognosy, 1917, was written by Lucius E. Sayre, B.S. Ph. M.