Baical Skullcap Root / Huang Qin

Description

黄芩

黃芩是唇形科黃芩屬的一種植物。黃芩的根是一種草藥，味苦、性寒，能清熱燥濕、瀉火解毒、止血、安胎。

功效：泻实火，除湿热，止血，安胎。治壮热烦渴，肺热咳嗽，湿热泻痢，黄不间断，热淋，吐、衄、崩、漏，目赤肿痛，胎动不安，痈肿疔疮。

經脈

归肺经、胆经、脾经、大肠经、小肠经。

使用量

• 内服：煎汤，3~9g；或入丸、散。
• 外用：適量，煎水洗；或研末调敷。

注意禁令

• 《本草经疏》脾：肺虚热者忌之。凡中寒作泄，中寒腹痛，肝肾虚而少腹痛，血虚腹痛，脾虚泄泻，肾虚溏泻，脾虚水肿，血枯经闭，气虚小水不利，肺受寒邪喘咳，及露虚血胎不安。

Baical Skullcap Root/ Huang Qin

Chinese skullcap AKA scutellaria has been applied in the treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, hypertension, hemorrhaging, insomnia, inflammation and respiratory infections. Flavones such as baicalin, wogonoside and their aglycones baicalein wogonin are the major bioactive compounds extracted from the root of S. baicalensis.

Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi 16oz Baical AKA: Skullcap Root Fuchang, Huangwen, Hongsheng, Jingqin, Yintou, Internal Void, Jejunum, Ziqin, Suqin, Tiaoqin, Yuanqin, Tujin Tea Root, 

The taste is bitter, It is coldin effect. 

It is the root of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi. It reduces actual fire [fever, inflammation etc], dehumidify heat, hemostasis, and anti-fetus [may threaten miscarriage]. 

It has been used to treat strong-heat polydipsia, lung-heat cough, damp-heat diarrhea, jaundice, excess sweating, vomiting, epistaxis, uterine bleeding, bleeding, red eyes, swelling and pain, fetal movement, carbuncle and furunculosis. 

It enters the Meridians of the Lung, Gallbladder, Spleen meridian, Large Intestine meridian, and Small Intestine meridians. 

Dosage Oral administration: decoction, 3~9g; or into pills or powder. External use: appropriate amount, decoct and wash; or grind the powder to adjust and apply. 

Cautions: “Materia Medica Shu”: Avoid it if the spleen and lung are deficient and hot. Where there is cold for venting, cold abdominal pain, liver and kidney deficiency but less abdominal pain, blood deficiency abdominal pain, spleen deficiency diarrhea, kidney deficiency diarrhea, spleen deficiency edema, blood dryness, amenorrhea, deficiency of qi and water, lungs affected by cold, asthma and cough, and blood. It is Unsafe for fetus, yin deficiency, and drenching: Avoid its use.