by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
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Scutellaria Lateriflora appears in 4 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Scutellaria lateriflora, Linn. Natural order , Labiatæ. Common names , Skull-cap, Mad-dog Skull-cap. Preparation , Tincture of the plant. Authorities. (Hales New Remedies, 1867, p. 965). The mind becomes confused on attempting to study (second day), 1b. Considerable inability is experienced in attempting to confine…”
“Skullcap This is a nervous sedative, where nervous fear predominates. Cardiac irritability. Chorea . Nervous irritation and spasms of children, during dentition. Twitching of muscles . Nervous weakness after influenza. Fear of some calamity . Inability to fix attention ( Aethus ). Confusion. Dull, frontal headache …”
“laterifolia. Mad-dog Skull-cap. N. O. Labiatæ. Tincture of fresh plant. Ardor urinæ / Brain, irritation of / Chorea / Delirium tremens / Dentition / Exophthalmos / Flatulence / Headache, nervous / Hiccough / Hydrophobia / Hysteria / Night-terrors / Sleeplessness / Tobacco-heart Scutel., says Hale, who introduced it…”
Kent's Repertory lists Scutellaria Lateriflora in 18 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in HEAD (11), MIND (4), FACE (1), KIDNEYS (1), VERTIGO (1).
