Healing Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS): Skullcap

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Skullcap is a Native North American perennial herb, found from New York to West Virginia and southward to South Carolina, Alabama and Missouri.⁷⁵ It gets its name from its blue flowers, which have two "lips" and are reminiscent of the skullcaps worn in medieval times.⁷⁷ It is sometimes called "MAD DOG" in reference to its historical use in treating the symptoms of rabies, which can result from the bite of a rabid dog.⁷⁶

Skullcap is a POWERFUL medicinal herb that it is used in alternative medicine as an anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, nervine and sedative. Some valuable constituents found in the plant are scutellarin, catalpol and tannins.⁷⁵

It is the herbal remedy of choice for all nervous disorders.⁷⁶ It quiets nervous tension and eases muscle tension and spasms. Skullcap also induces sleep without strongly sedating or stupefying.⁷⁷ It is also considered valuable in the treatment of nervous headaches, neuralgia and muscle cramps.⁷⁶ It is innately high in mineral nutrients required for a healthy, balanced nervous system.⁷⁸

Skullcap has been used for abnormally tense or twitching muscles, as occurs with rabies, Parkinson's disease, St. Vitus dance (a nervous system disease characterized by involuntary movements of the limbs), and epilepsy. Skullcap has also been found to have an ANTI-INFLAMMATORY action. Studies have shown that skullcap also inhibits release of acetylcholine and histamine, two substances released by cells that cause inflammation.⁷⁷

While skullcap relaxes the physique and the over-excited muscles, it also helps to soothe the nervous system. Hence, skullcap is generally used to reduce stress and TENSION in the patients.⁷⁹

Withdrawal from quitting cigarette smoking, alcohol and coffee can cause your nerves to become quite jangled, but skullcap just MELTS the jangle away. The neat thing about skullcap is that it works subtly and gently. It melts away the jangle without the bad side-effects one gets from over-the-counter tranquilizers.⁸⁰

There's nothing better for nerves than skullcap.⁸¹ It is currently being used as an alternative medicine to treat a number of nerve disorders.⁷⁵ Its ability to heal physical irregularities like convulsions, jerking muscles, epilepsy, wobbliness as well as heart trembles has been TESTED over the ages. Many experts have advocated the use of skullcap instead of applying the normal allopathic tranquillizers and medicines to cure depression.⁷⁹

SUMMARY: Skullcap will help heal and balance the frayed nerves that are present as a result of prolonged inflammation. It is also an anti-inflammatory, which will help in the overall healing of the inflammation that you are experiencing, and is causing your restless legs.