Part 1 Passionflower
There are several natural anxiety remedies available. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses and they don’t work for everyone. The important thing is to find the natural anxiety remedy that works for you. I’ll discuss several remedies for natural anxiety relief in this post and the next few ones.
The natural anxiety remedy I’ll discuss today is passionflower.
Passionflower has been used as a natural anxiety remedy and has also been used as a for remedy insomnia. Its effectiveness is disputed, achieving non significant results in 2 studies even though job performance did improve with less drowsiness when compared to mexazolam. Besides that, it was comparable to benzodiazepine drugs, but again not statistically significant.
In another study in 2008, passionflower did seem to reduce anxiety for patients before an operation when compared to a placebo. Still, when looking at the general picture, the effects are too small and too few to be conclusive.
It has several side effects including nausea, vomiting, drowsiness, and rapid heartbeat. Do not take it when pregnant, nursing or when you have liver or kidney disease. The safety has not yet been established for these groups. Also refrain from taking passionflower when under sedatives.
I have been sober for nearly 6 years thanks to the fellowship of A.A., sponsor, 12-steps, and a God of my understanding. I was a “high functioning alcoholic” who was starting to lose my hold on the functional aspect. However, it was very hard for me to acknowledge I was alcoholic because I had retained the same line of work for over five years, was wedded, had a home, had nice apparel, etc. Once I set out to attend A.A. meetings, I met others who drunk just like me, felt like me, and lived like me. That power to interrelate and identify is what began me on the road to a daily recovery. I never believed I could experience my life without alcohol. Nowadays I am so thankful to wake up and know what took place the night before, not be filled with remorse or regret, and feel physically good.