Scullcap

The folk name of Mad - Dog weed or Mad-Dog came from the use of Scullcap for Rabies. In history it was thought to be a cure for rabies, but, actually, it has an anti-spasmodic property, and so calmed down the rabies people were more often stricken with in history.

It might be a good idea here to match the idea of a mild amount of tincture of Scullcap (Mad Dog?) to a recipe for Blue water in which I had actually used Vipers' Bugloss, which is so effective in my peach-mint (cosmetic wash) mask invention.

I actually made my peach mask when my skin was irritated out of its wits, and I was very sure I had dragged through gravel in a spill underground. I had also received something like guano from the high wires in Don Mills, Ontario, such that I had to hear the telephone exchange whining boringly on for three days, all day and all night.

 I also had a fear of water from the exaggerated noise that ensued when I tried to bathe.

My nails kept giving me that chalk-board feeling, and I imagined myself developing nails and long gray hair over my eyebrows! So I tried to formulize a soothant, and my combination was really quite a success.