Periwinkle and its health benefits

Periwinkle is a herb that is known to grow in the ground. Periwinkle is a miraculous herb that has various medicinal properties. This herb grows on a green leafy plant that has very beautiful flowers. The flower of periwinkle is bluish in color and is known as lavender blue.

It is of great aesthetic value and is known to be used for decoration purposes. This viny shrubs plant covers the ground with variegated foliage.




The quantity of Vinpocetine which is used in Periwinkle is about 15 mg which is 1-3 times in a day. Vinpocetine must be taken along with food, as it has shown to better absorb with food than when consumed alone. It may even take around three to six weeks before any result is observed.


Periwinkle herb ingestion is associated with the lowering of blood pressure and blood purification. It can be consumed by the way of powder, medicines, etc and when ingested, it brings slow but steady results. Periwinkle can also help to reduce the swelling and it helps to remove the excessive water in the tissues as it works as a drying agent in the body.


Periwinkle is a multi- beneficial herb. It helps to tone the functions of the body and is prescribed to aide many body diseases.

Here are certain health benefits of periwinkle-

• Periwinkle herb is useful for promoting the proper functioning of brain. Since it increases the blood circulation in the brain and also it regularizes the metabolism of the brain, it helps to increase the productivity of brain.

• Periwinkle is also known to enhance the memory span which is why if a person has memory retention problem, he is given pills containing periwinkle.

• Thinking ability and feebleness can also be treated by the consumption of periwinkle.