Passionflower and Sage for Mental Health

Herbal medicines include a range of pharmacologically active compounds: in some cases it is not well understood which ingredients are important for a therapeutic effect. the supporters of herbal medicine believe that isolated ingredients in the majority of cases have weaker clinical effects than whole plant extract, a claim that would obviously require proof in each case. generalizations about the efficacy of herbal medicines are clearly not possible. each one needs systematic research including a variety of animal studies and also randomized clinical trials. in this review we focus on passiflora incarnata and salvia officinalis.