Skullcap has been used for over two hundred years as a mild relaxant and has long been hailed as an effective therapy for anxiety, nervous tension, and convulsions because of its calming effects on the nervous and musculoskeletal system.

While scientific studies have not been conducted on the medicinal properties of Scutellaria lateriflora, its current uses, based on traditional and clinical practice, include:
Treatment of muscle spasms
Calming of the nerves
It has also been used to treat symptoms associated with:

Tension headache
Anorexia nervosa
Anxiety
Fibromyalgia
Restless leg syndrome and other causes of insomnia
Mild Tourette's syndrome (a disorder characterized by multiple motor and vocal tics)
Seizure disorders.
50g of the dried herb.