The source is from the root of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, family Labiatae. The medicinal material is mainly collected in spring and autumn, usually cut into pieces, the crude one and the one stir-baked with wine or the carbonized one may be used.
Medicinal Properties:
Bitter in flavor, cold in nature and attributive to the lung, stomach, gallbladder and large intestine meridians.
Actions:
Clear away heat and remove dampness, purge the sthenic fire and remove toxic materials, cool blood and stop bleeding to prevent miscarriage
.Application
1. It is used for seasonal febrile diseases of dampness type, jaundice, dysentery and stranguria of damp-heat type, especially effective in clearing away damp-heat of both the middle and upper energizers.
2. It is used for sthenic-heat syndrome of Qifen and cough due to lung-heat and good at clearing away lung-fire and sthenic-heat of the upper energizer.
3. For exterior sores, abscess of internal organs and other heat-toxin syndromes of internal medicine, surgery and five sensory organs.
4. For hemopyretic bleeding manifested as sleep apnea syndrome, hematemesis, hemoptysis, hematochezia, hemafecia, and metrorrhagia.
5. For excessive fetal movement and gravid vaginal bleeding due to heat-syndrome in pregnancy.
