SKULLCAP

PRODUCT INFORMATION 

Herbal Benefits 

In alternative medicine, skullcap is sometimes recommended for the following:

• Inflammation
• Insomnia
• Hepatitis
• Epilepsy
• Atherosclerosis
• Anxiety, tension, and stress

Memory Impairment
In a 2008 study on mice, scientists discovered that oroxylin A (an antioxidant found in the roots of skullcap) may help protect against memory impairment induced by amyloid beta, a substance that forms the brain plaques associated with Alzheimer's disease. 

Prostate
Compounds found in skullcap may help slow the growth of prostate.

Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia 

A 2019 study on rats found Chinese skullcap can inhibit the development of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) by suppressing abnormal androgen and relieving inflammation.

Parkinson's Disease
Published in 2008, a study on mice found that baicalein (another skullcap-derived antioxidant) may help protect nerve cells from damage associated with Parkinson's disease (a chronic condition that causes tremor, stiffness of the limbs and trunk, impaired balance and coordination, and slowing of movement).