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Home Remedies for Scutellaria

CANNOT SLEEP [insomnia]
   Skullcap (Scutellaria spp.), or "mad dog weed", is used as a sedative by people in the Appalachian mountains. Was used by American Indians to treat heart disease, diarrhea, eliminate after-birth and foster menstruation.

Steep 2 teaspoons dried leaves in boiling water for 15 minutes. Drink 3 to 4 cups a day maximum.
Mechanism - flavonoids and essential oil
IvanTurgenev | August 4th, 2020
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WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Felter's Materia Medica on Scutellaria

SCUTELLARIASCCH2
   The fresh green herb of Scutellaria lateriflora, Linné (Nat. Ord. Labiatae). Common in damp situations throughout the Unite......e and a fixed oil and an unnamed, bitter, crystallizable glucoside. Preparation.—Specific Medicine Scutellaria. Dose, 5 to 30 drops. Specific Indications.—Nervousness attending or following illness,......functional heart disorders of a purely nervous type, with intermittent pulse. Action and Therapy.—Scutellaria is calmative to the nervous and muscular systems and possesses feeble tonic properties. ...2


WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.

Physician's Materia Medica on Scutellaria

SKU LLCAP (Scutellaria)
   The flowering herb of SCUTELLARIA LATERIFLORA, Lin. Tonic, nervine, antispasmodic. Prescribed for relief of nervous excitability and restlessness, in chorea, in functional cardiac disorders and for procuring sleep in delirium tremens.3


References

1) Bergner, Pal., Griswold, Alexandra F., Hufford, David J., et al. . Morton Grove, Il: Publications International, 2017.
2) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.
3) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.