INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Radix Scutellariae |
| Common English: | Scute Baical Skullcap Root Scutellaria |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Bitter (Astringent) |
Cold |
Lung Stomach Gallbladder Large Intestine (Heart) (Small Intestine) (Liver) |
3-18g Tincture: 2-4 ml |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Clears Heat and dries Dampness |
Damp-Heat in the Stomach or Intestines with diarrhea or dysenteric disorder Damp-Warmth with fever, a stifling sensation in the chest and thirst with no desire to drink Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao with painful urinary dysfunction Damp-Heat jaundice (auxiliary), infectious hepatitis |
Drains Fire and detoxifies |
Heat and Fire especially in the Upper Jiao (Lung) with high fever, irritability, thirst, cough and expectoration of thick, yellow sputum Upper respiratory tract infection Hot sores and swellings (topical or internal) |
Cools the Blood and stops bleeding |
Xue Stage Heat or Blood Heat causing bleeding with epistaxis, hemoptysis, hematemesis and hemafecia |
Clears Heat and calms the fetus |
Fetal restlessness due to Heat |
Calms ascending Liver Yang |
Liver Yang Rising with headache, irritability, red eyes, flushed face and bitter taste High Blood pressure Gallbladder Heat |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
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Rz. Coptidis |
Rz. Coptidis |
Rz. Coptidis |
Drains pathogenic Heat from the Upper and Middle Jiaos for high fever, redness, swelling and pain of the head and face, a dry mouth, a parched throat, ulcerations of the mouth and tongue, epistaxis, rashes and irritability in warm-febrile disease. Toothache. Explosive diarrhea and dysentery with burning pain in the anus or fitted, filthy stools and abdominal pain. Nausea in pregnancy with Heat disturbing the fetus. |
Intestinal Wind with hemafecia. |
Damp-Heat dysentery with fever and tenesmus. |
Talc |
Fr. Gardeniae |
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Damp-Heat with fever, chest fullness and a greasy tongue coat. |
Damp-Heat with jaundice. |
Damp-Heat jaundice. |
Rz. Anemarrhenae |
Caul Akebiae |
Cx. Mori Alba |
Acute and chronic Lung Heat cough. |
Lower Jiao Damp-Heat with painful, difficult urination. |
Acute and chronic coughing due to Lung Heat. |
Rz. Coptidis |
Rz. Coptidis |
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Phlegm-Heat cough. |
Acute febrile diseases. |
General Heat toxins with External or internal sores and abscesses. |
Cx. Mori Alba |
Flos Lonicerae |
Rx. Bupleuri |
| Lung Heat cough. |
Boils, carbuncles and furuncles. |
Heat in the Shao Yang with alternating chills and fever and nausea. |
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae |
Rx. Paeoniae Alba |
Rz. Imperatae |
| Suppurative skin infections. |
Dry-fry or char for hematemesis and epistaxis. |
Excess Internal Heat causing reckless Blood. |
Rx. Sanguisorbae |
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Bloody stool due to Intestinal Wind. Abdominal pain associated with Intestinal abscess. |
Hematemesis and epistaxis. For epistaxis, dry fry Huang Qin and Huang Bai. |
Restless fetus due to Heat. |
Spica Prunellae |
Spica Prunellae |
Fr. Gardeniae |
Dizziness and headache due to extreme rebellion of Liver Fire. |
Scrofula due to accumulated obstruction of Liver Fire. |
Powerfully clears and drains lurking Heat from the Lungs with fever, fullness in the chest, coughing with yellow sputum and epistaxis or hematemesis. Damp-Heat and jaundice. Sores due to Heat toxin. Irregular vaginal bleeding due to Liver Fire. |
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae |
Rz. Dioscoreae |
Rx. Paeoniae Alba |
Restless fetus due to Blood Heat. |
Restless fetus due to Deficiency Heat. |
Dysenteric disorders with abdominal pain due to Heat entering the Interior. Cools Heat and nourishes the Blood for calming the fetus which is disturbed by Heat. Liver Heat Attacking the Spleen and Stomach during pregnancy with nausea and vomiting. |
Fr. Toosendan |
Hb. Artemisiae Scopariae |
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Infectious hepatitis without jaundice. |
Scrofula. |
Infectious hepatitis with jaundice. |
Rx. Angelicae Dahuricae |
Rx. Isatidis |
Medulla Junci |
Made into a powder with Wine-fried Scutellaria Jiu Chao Huang Qin, and taken with green tea for pain in the eyebrow and eye socket due to Wind-Heat with Phlegm. |
Sore throat with lingering Exterior symptoms. |
Toothache or oral ulcers. |
Rx. et Rz. Rhei |
Caul. Akebiae |
Hb. Sinocrassulae |
Constipation. |
Burning dysuria. |
Damp-Heat dysuria with Qi Deficiency. |
Hb. Ephedrae |
Fr. Trichosanthis |
Gypsum Fibrosum |
Cough with wheezing or dyspnea. |
Chest congestion with profuse yellow sputum. |
Cough due to Heat. |
Sm. Sojae Preparatum |
Gypsum Fibrosum |
Rx. et Rz. Notopterygii |
Eye disorders with redness and pain. |
Excess Heat with persistent high fever and irritability. |
Cold-Dampness at the Exterior with Heat in the Interior. |
Rz. Coptidis |
Rx. Notoginseng |
Cx. Magnoliae Officinalis |
Lesions and sores with redness, swelling and pain. |
Hematemesis and epistaxis. |
Abdominal pain. |
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Infertility. |
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- It makes the placenta and uterus healthy.
- Sautéed in sake, it brings energy up.
- Sautéed in stool water, it brings body energy down.
- It has a similar effect as aspirin.
- It is said to protect against scarlet fever.
- It is important for calming Internal Wind and treating the Gallbladder.
- It quiets uterus during pregnancy and therefore prevents miscarriage.
- This herb has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
- It is said to function in nine ways: 1. Clear Lung-Heat; 2. Cool Summerheat; 3. Clear Wind-Heat in the Upper Jiao and skin; 4. Clear all types of Heat; 5. Nourish Yin and subdue Yang after birth;
6. Invigorate the Qi of the chest; 7. Diminish Phlegm above the diaphragm; 8. Clear Upper Jiao Heat and Spleen Dampness; 9. Calm the fetus. - Both Huang Qin and Gypsum Fibrosum Shi Gao cool Lung Heat and drain Fire from the Qi Level. Huang Qin clears Heat, dries Dampness, cools the Blood to stop bleeding and calms the fetus when disturbed by Heat. Shi Gao cools, releases and vents Heat from the muscle layer. It eliminates Heat so fluids can regenerate. It drains Heat from the Qi Level and clears Dry-Heat from the Lungs and Stomach.
- Bland Scutellaria Dan Huang Qin is the normal herb.
- Young Scutellaria Roots Zi Huang Qin enters the Large Intestine channel to drain the Large Intestine and Lower Jiao Heat.
- Dried Scutellaria Ku Huang Qin enters the Lung channel to clear and drain Lung Fire and release External Wind-Heat.
- Dry-fried Scutellaria Chao Huang Qin enters the Blood Level to treat Lower Jiao Heat or disturbed fetal Qi.
- Wine-fried Scutellaria Jiu Chao Huang Qin clears and eliminates Damp-Heat from the Upper Jiao.
- Charred Scutellaria Huang Qin Tan or Scorched Scutellaria Jiao Huang Qin cools Heat and stops bleeding for hemorrhage due to Blood Heat.
- Huang Qin is a comprehensive agent for the Liver and Gallbladder, including fat metabolism and a remedy for various hypersensitivity or allergic reactions including food allergies.