Skullcap Extract

Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)

Skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora) is the herb I think of when nerves feel thin. When small stressors feel disproportionately loud. When the body startles easily and tension hums just beneath the surface. Bitter and slightly cooling, Skullcap works like a nervous system stabilizer—especially for those who have been “holding it together” for a long time.

Ruled by Air and Venus, Skullcap carries a balancing, harmonizing quality. While it is best known for its nervous system affinity, it also speaks to the musculoskeletal system and digestion—particularly when stress knots the gut or manifests as tension that won’t release. It helps discharge accumulated nervous irritation and supports neuromuscular relaxation without creating fog.

Where Passionflower quiets upward-moving mental excess, Skullcap tends to the frayed wiring underneath it. It is especially helpful for jaw clenching, neck and shoulder tightness, stress headaches, and that irritable edge that can follow long-term overstimulation.

This is steadying medicine. Not flashy. Not dramatic. Just deeply regulating over time.

Energetic Architecture

A stabilizing, bitter nervine that settles frayed neuromuscular tension and discharges accumulated nervous irritation, especially where stress lodges in the muscles and gut.

Tastes: Bitter
Organ Systems Influenced: Nervous, Musculoskeletal, Digestive
Elemental Ruler: Air
Planetary Ruler: Venus

Who it’s for:
• Stress headaches and jaw clenching
• Irritable exhaustion
• Nervous tension that lives in the muscles
• Stress that settles in the gut

Who it’s not for:
• Profound adrenal depletion (Milky Oats may be more nourishing)
• Extreme lethargy or low motivation
• Pregnancy without practitioner guidance

Pairs beautifully with:
Milky Oats for rebuilding depleted nervous tissue, or Passionflower when mental overactivity and muscular tension coexist.

Ingredients: Distilled water, organic food-grade alcohol, extractives of skullcap (Scutellaria lateriflora)