Lowering Glutamate | Passion Flower
Passion Flower- is known to increase levels of GABA in the brain, calm, decrease anxiety, improve sleep, improve liver function, and help to recover from adrenal fatigue. "The properties in passionflower are thought to promote calming effects by increasing the levels of the chemical gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), which reduces the activity of some neurons that cause anxiety." https://www.drweil.com/vitamins-supplements-herbs/herbs/passionflower/ "Passiflora incarnata L. (Passionflower) extracts elicit GABA currents in hippocampal neurons in vitro, and show anxiogenic and anticonvulsant effects in vivo, varying with extraction method" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2941540/ "Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata) was used traditionally in the Americas and later in Europe as a calming herb for [...]