Chamomile relieves oral swelling and pain, and is useful against dermatological ailments. It is used like a traditional bitter for stimulation of the liver. For the past 200 years passion flower has been used to tranquilize and settle edgy nerves. Passion flower induces sleep without causing confusion upon awakening. Passion flower has been used by women to calm nerves and induce relaxation during the periods of hormonal adjustment found during menses, parturition, and menopause.
Passion flower has a mild sedative effect encouraging sleep.
This property has been well-substantiated in numerous studies on animals and humans. Nervous symptoms and cramps inhibiting sleep are alleviated by ingestion of the herb, and leading quickly to restful, uninterupted and deep sleep. When Spanish explorers first encountered the Indians of Peru and Brazil, they found this plant used in native folk medicine as a sedative. They took it back to Spain, from whence it gradually spread throughout Europe. It was in Europe the leaves of the plant first found use as a sedative and sleep-inducing substance.