1.Biacal Skullcap Root has shown anti-arthritic and anti-inflammatory properties, making it useful as a herbal arthritis treatment.
2.Biacal Skullcap Root is a potent antioxidant, which may make this herb helpful in preventing heart disease and limiting the damage to the heart following a heart attack.
3.Biacal Skullcap Root even has anti-cancer properties, especially helpful in bladder, liver and other types of cancer.
4.Biacal Skullcap Root may prove useful as a treatment for hepatitis.
5.It also has antihistamine properties which make it a useful a herb for treating asthma and allergies, such as hay fever.
6.In traditional Chinese medicine baical skullcap is used to treat dysentery, common cold, irritability, diarrhea, infections accompanied by fever, urinary tract infections, gout, jaundice, nosebleed, vaginal bleed, abdominal pain and redness of the eyes and face.
7.Biacal Skullcap Root is also combined with other herbs to combat high cholesterol and triglycerides, high blood pressure, allergic diseases, and inflammatory skin diseases
8.Biacal Skullcap Root also has shown aspirin-like anti-inflammatory qualities.
Side Effects and Possible Interactions of Chinese Skullcap
9.Biacal Skullcap Root is considered to be safe at therapeutic doses. This herb should not be used as the sole treatment for cancer, and should not be taken with other anti-cancer medications without consulting a physician.
10.Biacal Skullcap Root should also not be used by people with severe liver or kidney disorders. This herb may interact with cyclopsporine (a drug used to prevent organ transplant rejection.)
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