Scutellaria Lateriflora

Usage:

Tea

• The package contains 25g of herb, enough for several weeks of daily use. You can make make more or less according to your preference.
• The dosage to have a pronounced effect is about 2-3 heaped tsps to one large cup of boiling water. Cover the cup or whatever you are using for a good 10 minutes, then strain and drink. Adding some honey may be welcome.
• The taste of this tea is very acceptable and there has been tremendous feedback over the years of using it from many hundreds of people who say how much it helps them to unwind, relax and sleep better.
• Scullcap combines perfectly with Passionflower for tension and anxiety, with Chamomile for digestive upsets and with Lemon Balm for moody or depressed spirits.

How does it work:

• Some compounds in scullcap might work by preventing swelling (inflammation). Other molecules in scullcap are thought to cause sedation.

 

 

Scullcap is a flowering plant. The above ground parts are used to make medicine.

 

Scullcap is used for trouble sleeping (insomnia), anxiety, stroke, and paralysis caused by stroke. It is also used for fever, high cholesterol, hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), rabies, epilepsy, nervous tension, allergies, skin infections, inflammation, and spasms.

 

Scullcap is very suited to long term use and will not create dependency or lethargy in the user. Over a period of about a week you can visibly see the reduced agitation in a person taking Scullcap. It is one of our best alles in the modern world when we are beset by stress and stimulation whilst our minds and bodies crave some inner peace.

 

 

 

Special Precautions & Warnings: 

• Pregnancy and breast-feeding: There is not enough reliable information about the safety of taking scullcap if you are pregnant or breast feeding. Stay on the safe side and avoid use.
• Surgery: Scullcap may slow down the central nervous system. Healthcare providers worry that anesthesia and other medications during and after surgery might increase this effect. Stop taking  skullcap at least 2 weeks before a scheduled surgery.