Blue Skullcap
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Other Names : American Skullcap, Blue Pimpernel, Blue Skullcap, Escutelaria, Grande Toque, Helmet Flower, Hoodwort, Mad-Dog Herb, Mad-Dog Skullcap, Mad-Dog Weed, Mad Weed, Quaker Bonnet, Scullcap, Scutellaria, Scutellaire, Scutellaire de Virginie, Scutellaire Latériflore, Scutelluria, Scutellaria lateriflora, Toque Bleue, Toque Casquée, Toque des Marais.
Don't Confuse with Scutellaria Barbata
See also : Scutellaria Lateriflora (homeopathy)
Special Precautions of Blue Skullcap
- Pregnancy and breast-feeding: Not enough is known about the use of skullcap during pregnancy or breast-feeding. Stay on the safe side and avoid use.
- Liver toxicity : Skullcap has been implicated in rare instances of clinically apparent liver injury, although in most cases multiple herbal medications were being taken and the role of skullcap in the hepatic damage was unclear.
The benefits of Blue Skullcap are
- Anxiety. Limited evidence suggests that healthy people who take a single dose of skullcap extract might feel more relaxed than tense. This effect appears to last for about 2 hours. But it is not known if taking skullcap is effective for anxiety disorders or if extended use is beneficial.
- Seizures.
- Trouble sleeping (insomnia).
- Stroke.
- Paralysis caused by stroke.
- fever
- high cholesterol
- hardening of the arteries” (atherosclerosis)
- rabies
- epilepsy
- nervous tension
- allergies
- skin infections
- inflammation
- spasms.
- Hypertension : helps lowering blood pressure.
- as a remedy for exhaustion
- convulsions
- menstrual cramps
- as a treatment for withdrawal from alcohol and tobacco.
