Huangqin Radix Scutellariae - Chinese medicinal herbs for eliminating heat and dampness

Huangqin Radix Scutellariae - Chinese medicinal herbs for eliminating heat and dampness

The source is from the root of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, family Labiatae. The medicinal material is mainly produced in the provinces of Hebei, Shanxi, and inner Mongolia autonomous region, etc., digged up and 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. For the treatment of seasonal febrile disease of damp type with fever, perspiration, chest oppression, greasy fur, it is used together with Huashi (Talcum), Tongcao (Medulla Tetrapanacis ) , and Baidoukou ( Fructus Amomi Rotundus), etc., such as Huangqin Huashi Tang (Decoction). For jaundice of damp-heat type, it is often combined with Yinchen (Herba Artemisiae Scopariae), Zhizi (Fructus Gardeniae ), and Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei ), etc. so as to strengthen the effects of draining the gallbladder to relieve jaundice. For the treatment of dysentery of damp-heat type, it is combined with Huanglian (Rhizoma Coptidis ) and Gegen ( Radix Puerariae ), such as Gegen Qin Lian Tang (Decoction), for the treatment of damp-heat of the bladder with dribbling and painful urination, used together with Mutong (RadixAkebiae , Huashi (Talcum), Cheqianzi ( Semen Plantaginis) and others that can eliminate heat and dampness.

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. It can be used alone, namely Qingjin Wan (Pill), or combined with Sangbaipi (Cortex Mori), Zhimu (Rhizoma Anemarrhenae), and Maimendong (Radix Ophiopogonis) for stag-nation of lung-heat and failure of the lung to depurate and descend marked with cough and thick sputum. For sthenic-heat of qifen with high fever, excessive thirst, urination with redness and constipation, it is often combined with Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei), Zhizi (Fructus Gardeniae) and others that can purge fire and relax the bowels, such as Liangge San (Powder); for shaoyang syndrome with alternating episodes of chills and fever, used with Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri), such as Xiao Chaihu Tang (Decoction), to regulate the function of shaoyang.

3. For exterior sores, abscess of internal organs and other heat-toxin syndromes of internal medicine, surgery and five sensory organs, it is used together with Huanglian (Rhizoma Coptidis ), Lianqiao ( Fructus Forsythiae ), and Pugongying (Herba Taraxaci), etc..

4. For hemopyretic bleeding manifested as hematemesis, hemoptysis, hematochezia, hemafecia, and metrorrhagia, it can be used alone, or combined with San-qi (Radix Notoginseng), Huaihua ( Flos Sophorae), and Baimaogen (Rhizoma Imperatae), etc..
5. For excessive fetal movement and gravid vaginal bleeding due to heat-syndrome in pregnancy, it can be used together with Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) , Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis ) , and others, such as Danggui San (Powder). Usage and Dosage 3 - 9 g is used in decoction for oral use, the crude one is used for clearing away heat, the stir-baked one for preventing miscarriage, the carbonized one for relieving bleeding, the stir-baked with wine for clearing away heat of the upper energizer.
Notes: It is bitter and cold and easy to injure the stomach, so it is contraindicated for deficiency and cold of the spleen and stomach.

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