| Common Names | Blue Skullcap, Mad Dog Skullcap, Side-Flowering Skullcap |
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| Description | |
| Locations | Pindos Peristeri Gramos Arta (Tzoumerka) Ioannina |
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| Contraindications | No side effects have been reported. |
| Active Substance | bitter agents saponins sterols Flavonoids ( baicalin, baicalein, wogonin) benzoic acid scutellarin scutellarein (glycosides) |
| Active Substance Plant Part | Aboveground plant parts |
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| Features Description | Scutellaria lateriflora is a small, evergreen plant growing up to 60cm, with silver-green, plush leaves and purple flowers blooming in upright stem. The flowering and the harvesting take place from August to September. |
| Method Administration | The plant is administered as sedative and tonic in the form of herbal tea (15-20g of dried herb in a cup of boiled water, 3-5 times a day) and tincture (1: 5 parts of herbal extract and ethyl alcohol 70%, 2- 4ml, 3 times a day).Warning: The use of herb preparations is not recommended without seeking advice from your physician or pharmacist. The substances they contain may interact with the subscribed drugs that the patient already takes, thus eliminating their therapeutic efficacy or inducing toxicity. They may also burden further weakened vital functions of the body thus exposing the patient to increased morbidity and life threatened conditions. |
| Pharmacological Info | The whole plant has sedative, spasmolytic, astringent, diuretic and tonic properties and it is administered for the treatment nervous exhaustion, headaches, premenstrual tension, anxiety, hysteria, depression, seizures and insomnia. |
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| References | http://www.votana-ygeia.com/products/1439/%CE%A3%CE%BA%CE%BF%CF%85%CF%84%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%AC%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-%CE%92%CE%B1%CF%8A%CE%BA%CE%AC%CE%BB%CE%B7%CF%82-Scutellaria-Baicalensis http://www.webmd.com/vitamins-supplements/ingredientmono-986-skullcap.aspx?activeingredientid=986&activeingredientname=skullcap http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/skullcap http://www.pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Scutellaria+lateriflora http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210803312000413 http://www.herb.gr/index.php/catalog/category/view/s/herbs/id/11/?mode=list&limit=5&p=36&___store=default&___from_store=english |
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