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Health terms that begin with S
Schizandra (Fruit)
Selenium
Siberian Ginseng (Root)
Silver
Skull Cap (Aerial Parts)

Skull Cap (Aerial Parts)

The applicable parts of Scull Cap are the above ground parts. Scull Cap has several flavonoid molecules and has demonstrable anti-inflammatory effects by inhibiting the enzyme sialidase. It has been shown to inhibit mast cell histamine release, and have sedative, anticonvulsant and antispasmodic activity.  It is also possibly effective in strengthen the blood vessels and preventing stroke, which result in decreasing the events of cerebral thrombosis or embolism and paralysis.

 Scull Cap has been used for delirium tremens, insomnia, palsy, convulsions, epilepsy, rheumatism, poison bites, hysteria, rickets, shock, nervous exhaustion and as a nerve tonic. Scull Cap was not studied by the German Commission E.

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