Scutellaria efficacy and effects and contraindications

Scutellaria baicalensis is the dried root of Scutellaria baicalensis, family Labiatae. It is mainly produced in Hebei, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi and other places. Scutellaria baicalensis is cold in nature, bitter in taste, and belongs to the lung, gall bladder, spleen, large intestine and small intestine meridians. It has the effect of clearing heat and drying dampness, dipping fire and detoxicating, stopping bleeding, and calming the fetus. Here's a look at what specific efficacy and effects of Huang Cen has.

Dampness

Scutellaria baicalensis is bitter-cold and can clear damp-heat in the lung, stomach, liver, gallbladder and large intestine. It can be used to treat damp-heat or summer dampness at the beginning, manifesting as heat in the body, stuffiness in the chest and epigastrium, yellow tongue coating, etc. It can also treat damp-heat obstruction, fullness and vomiting, as well as damp-heat diarrhea and damp-heat jaundice.

Clearing heat

Scutellaria baicalensis enters the lung meridian and can clear lung heat, making it an important medicine for treating coughs with lung heat. In addition, Scutellaria baicalensis is also useful for treating external heat illnesses, which can lead to high fever and thirst, and constipation due to urination. Scutellaria baicalensis aqueous decoction alcoholic precipitation, baicalin and total flavonoids of Scutellaria baicalensis have obvious antipyretic effects.

Clearing fire and detoxifying

Scutellaria baicalensis has the effect of clearing heat and removing fire and detoxifying toxins, and can be used to treat carbuncles, sores and toxins, often in combination with Huang Lian, Huang Bai and Gardenia.

Stopping bleeding

Scutellaria baicalensis, when fried with charcoal, can clear heat and fire, cool the blood and stop bleeding. It can be used to treat vomiting and epistaxis caused by heat forcing blood to move, and can also be used to treat blood heat and bleeding in stool and hemorrhoids.

Placating the fetus

Scutellaria baicalensis has the effect of clearing heat and calming the fetus, and can be used to treat fetal restlessness caused by fetal heat during pregnancy, often painful Bai Zhu and Angelica sinensis, etc.; it can also be used to nourish blood and nourish the fetus, treating fetal restlessness caused by blood deficiency and heat.

Antibacterial

Scutellaria baicalensis decoction in vitro has different degrees of inhibition on Gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus haemolyticus, Diplococcus pneumoniae and Gram-negative bacteria such as Escherichia coli, Bacillus dysenteriae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Scutellaria baicalensis decoction and aqueous extract in vitro also have inhibitory effects on influenza A virus and hepatitis B virus.

Anti-allergic

Baicalin and baicalin element have inhibitory effects on both acute and chronic inflammation, and can reduce capillary permeability and release of allergic mediators, which has obvious anti-allergic effects.

Contraindications to the use of Scutellaria baicalensis

Scutellaria baicalensis is bitter-cold and can easily hurt the spleen and stomach, so people with weak spleen and stomach and loose stools should not use Scutellaria baicalensis.