The leaves, stems and flowers of the passionflower plant are used to make passionflower tea.
Passionflower tea is traditionally used to relieve anxiety and improve sleep, and studies have begun to support these uses.
For example, one study found that drinking passionflower tea for one week significantly improved sleep quality scores.
What’s more, two human studies found that passionflower was effective at reducing anxiety. In fact, one of these studies found that passionflower was as effective as an anxiety-relieving medication.
Yet, another study found that passionflower helped relieve the mental symptoms of opioid withdrawal, such as anxiety, irritability and agitation, when taken in addition to clonidine, the medication usually used for opioid detoxification treatment.
Passionflower tea seems to be a good choice when it comes to relieving anxiety and promoting calmness.
Summary: Studies
have found that passionflower tea may help improve sleep and reduce anxiety.