Relaxing Passion Flower 50 mg – Promotes Relaxation | 60 Vegetarian Lozenges
Relaxing Passion Flower is a single-ingredient herbal lozenge. Each vegetarian lozenge delivers 50 mg of Passion Flower 4:1 Extract (Passiflora incarnata), and each bottle holds 60. You let it dissolve in your mouth; the label says one or more lozenges throughout the day. Passionflower is traditionally used to promote relaxation, so you can take the edge off a busy day and wind down at night.†
This is for the person whose day doesn't come with an off switch: work, kids, parents, a phone that never stops buzzing. You want something small you can keep in a bag or a desk drawer, take without water, and reach for when the day gets loud.
Aging isn't optional. Getting old is. A wind-down routine you start in your 30s and 40s is one you can still be using in your 70s, so build one you'll actually keep. A lozenge, a few slow breaths and the phone in another room is a decent start.
Why people take Relaxing Passion Flower
- To promote relaxation, the one job printed on the label.†
- To take the edge off occasional, everyday stress.†
- To support a calm, settled mood through a packed day.†
- To help them wind down in the evening and support restful sleep.†
What's in each serving
| Ingredient | Amount per serving | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|
| Passion Flower 4:1 Extract (Passiflora incarnata) | 50 mg | * (Daily Value Not Established) |
Serving size: 1 Vegetarian Lozenge. With 60 lozenges in the bottle and a one-lozenge serving, that's 60 servings. Other ingredients: Xylitol, organic evaporated cane juice, cellulose, palm kernel stearate, citric acid, natural flavor, and silica. The label states: "NO alcohol, soy, salt, yeast, gluten, milk & egg products, starch, or preservatives." It also states: "One lozenge is 2 times the strength of one dropperful (35 drops) of liquid passion flower alcohol extract."
How Relaxing Passion Flower works
Passionflower, the plant
Passiflora incarnata is a climbing vine. People have used it for a long time, and in North America it has a history as a calming tea (a 2013 review of passionflower's traditional use and clinical research). Relaxing Passion Flower keeps it simple: one herb, one amount, nothing else doing the work.
What "4:1 extract" means
A 4:1 extract means roughly 4 parts of starting plant material go into every 1 part of finished extract. So the 50 mg in each lozenge is a concentrate, not 50 mg of ground-up plant. The label identifies the extract by that ratio. It doesn't claim standardization to a specific marker compound, so we won't either.
The GABA connection
Your nervous system runs on a balance of "go" and "ease off" signals. GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid) is the main "ease off" messenger. In a lab study using rat brain tissue, a passionflower dry extract showed affinity for both main types of GABA receptors (GABA-A and GABA-B) and reduced GABA uptake into nerve endings, and the authors concluded that passionflower acts partly through the GABA system (a lab study of passionflower and the GABA system). That's test-tube work, and the picture isn't one-directional (the extract blocked GABA-B receptors in one test). It suggests a way passionflower may help you relax, but it can't tell us what one lozenge does inside a person.†
What the human research shows, and what it doesn't
The clearest study in healthy people is small. In a double-blind, placebo-controlled crossover trial, 41 healthy adults aged 18 to 35 drank a cup of passionflower tea or a placebo tea daily for a week each and kept a sleep diary. Of six sleep-diary measures, sleep quality was the one rated significantly higher with passionflower (a crossover study of passionflower tea in 41 healthy adults).† The authors called the benefit short-term and subjective, in healthy adults with mild ups and downs in sleep quality. Encouraging, not conclusive: it was tea, not a lozenge, and it lasted one week.
The 2013 review above found that many passionflower trials were small, described their extracts poorly, or skipped details on blinding and randomization, and its authors called for better-designed studies. The same review described the plant's safety profile as good. We'd rather tell you that up front than oversell a 50 mg lozenge.
Why a lozenge
A lozenge dissolves slowly in your mouth. No water, no capsule to swallow, and no alcohol in the lozenge itself. We haven't seen research showing a lozenge absorbs differently than a capsule, so the lozenge is about convenience, not absorption.
The rest of the lozenge is there to make it a lozenge. Xylitol and organic evaporated cane juice sweeten it. Cellulose binds it, palm kernel stearate and silica keep the blend from sticking and clumping during production, and citric acid and natural flavor handle the taste. Organic evaporated cane juice is a form of cane sugar, so this lozenge isn't sugar-free.
Why we test the extract itself
Herbal extracts are easy to get wrong. When German researchers analyzed a set of passionflower products, five of the six food supplements they tested failed identity or content checks, while all five registered herbal medicinal products passed. Their advice to manufacturers: test every batch (a 2025 quality analysis of passionflower products). That's a small sample, not a verdict on any particular company. It is exactly why we test every incoming ingredient lot before it's used.
How to take Relaxing Passion Flower
The label directions: "Take one or more lozenges throughout the day, as a dietary supplement."
- Let the lozenge dissolve slowly in your mouth instead of chewing it or swallowing it whole.
- Start with one and see how you feel. The label doesn't set a daily maximum, so if you find yourself wanting several a day, check in with your practitioner.
- Passionflower is taken to help you relax, so see how it affects you before you drive or do anything that needs your full attention.
- Each lozenge contains xylitol, which is dangerous for dogs. Keep the bottle where pets can't get to it.
Ask your healthcare practitioner before use if you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, or have a medical condition.
Don't take our word for it
- Verified by independent labs. ISO 17025-accredited labs check our test results.
- Every ingredient lot tested before use. Federal rules only require an identity test on incoming dietary ingredients. We test every incoming lot, passionflower extract included, for identity, potency, heavy metals and microbes.
- If it misses spec, it doesn't go in a bottle. More than 99% of our tests pass, and the lots that don't are turned away.
- A certificate of analysis for every lot. Every lot of Relaxing Passion Flower gets its own.
Made in the USA. Made and tested in Mt. Angel, Oregon. That's a farm town of about 3,500 people in the Willamette Valley, and our UL-certified cGMP facility is where the formulators, the makers and the testers all work under one roof. The owners work in the building too, and the company has been owner-run since 2017. We've been making supplements in Oregon since 1974. And we're not getting old either.
Frequently asked questions
How many Relaxing Passion Flower lozenges can I take a day?
The label says to take one or more lozenges throughout the day, and it doesn't set a daily maximum. Start with one, see how you feel, and talk with your practitioner if you find you want several a day.
When should I take it, and do I need food or water?
Take it whenever you want to wind down. The label doesn't mention food, and because it dissolves in your mouth, you don't need water. The label says throughout the day, so that can be a midafternoon lozenge before a tough meeting or one after dinner as your evening slows down.†
How long does it take to notice anything?
We can't give you a number; there's no timing data on this lozenge. In the small tea study above, people drank the tea daily for a week before their sleep ratings were compared, and that's the only timeline the research gives us.†
Is Relaxing Passion Flower sugar-free?
No. It's sweetened with xylitol and organic evaporated cane juice, which is a form of cane sugar.
Can I take it with Sleepy Sleep?
Yes, and we sell them together in the Calm + Sleep Stack with Sleepy Sleep, Relaxing Passion Flower and 5-HTP. Know that Sleepy Sleep also contains 50 mg of Passionflower Herb 4:1 Extract per capsule, plus melatonin and 5-HTP. Its label calls for one to two capsules 45 to 60 minutes before sleep, warns against taking it before driving, says it isn't recommended while pregnant or nursing unless a practitioner directs it, and asks anyone under 18 to check with a practitioner first. A simple split: a lozenge during the day when you want one, Sleepy Sleep at bedtime.
How is a lozenge different from passionflower capsules or tinctures?
Mostly it's convenience: it dissolves in your mouth, needs no water and contains no alcohol. The label says one lozenge is 2 times the strength of one dropperful (35 drops) of liquid passion flower alcohol extract. We don't claim it absorbs differently than a capsule.
Is it safe with my medication?
Ask your healthcare practitioner first. Passionflower is taken to help you relax, so it could add to the effects of other things that make you drowsy, including some prescriptions and alcohol. Check with them too if you're pregnant or nursing.
Keep learning
- Sleepy Sleep, our bedtime formula with chamomile, hops, passionflower and 1 mg melatonin per capsule
- The Calm + Sleep Stack, all three bottles in one order
- Calming Mag Powder, a magnesium drink for your bedtime routine
References
- Miroddi M et al. Passiflora incarnata L.: ethnopharmacology, clinical application, safety and evaluation of clinical trials. J Ethnopharmacol. 2013. PubMed
- Appel K et al. Modulation of the γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) system by Passiflora incarnata L. Phytother Res. 2010. PubMed
- Ngan A et al. A double-blind, placebo-controlled investigation of the effects of Passiflora incarnata (passionflower) herbal tea on subjective sleep quality. Phytother Res. 2011. PubMed
- Brouns A et al. Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata): Quality of Food Supplements Versus Registered Herbal Medicinal Products. Planta Med. 2025. PubMed
†These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
