Passion Flower(Passiflora incarnata): Passion flower has enjoyed a tradition of use for its mildly sedative properties. In Germany, passion flower is approved as an over-the-counter drug for states of "nervous unrest."⁷⁶ In Europe, passion flower is often added to other calming herbs, usually valerian and hawthorn. Passion flower and hawthorn are often used together as antispasmodics for digestive spasms in cases of gastritis and colitis. Pharmacological studies indicate antispasmodic, sedative, anxiolytic (anxiety-allaying), and hypotensive activity of passion flower extracts.