Scutellaria baicalensis works on the skin as a treatment for sores and poisons and is recommended to be used under medical supervision.
Scutellaria baicalensis is the root of Scutellaria baicalensis, family Labiatae, cold in nature, bitter in taste, belonging to the lung meridian, small intestine meridian, liver meridian, gallbladder meridian and large intestine meridian, with the effect of clearing away heat and drying dampness (clearing away the heat evil and drying up the dampness evil), laxative and detoxification (removing the body’s fire toxicity and evil qi), hemostasis and stabilizing the fetus.
The effects of Scutellaria baicalensis on the skin mainly lie in the fact that Scutellaria baicalensis can clear heat and detoxify (remove heat and poisonous evils from the body), treat sores and swellings and poisons, such as fever sores, wet sores, and other skin diseases, and is mainly suitable for sores and ulcers caused by heat and poisonous congestion, which can be grinded and used externally.
In addition, Scutellaria baicalensis can also be used to treat lung-heat cough, high fever and dizziness, liver-heat headache, red and swollen eyes, damp-heat jaundice, vomiting of blood, disintegration (excessive or dripping menstruation), and restlessness of the fetus with fever.
Note that Scutellaria baicalensis is bitterly cold and should not be used by people with coldness in the spleen and stomach (weak and cold spleen and stomach). If you want to use Scutellaria baicalensis to treat skin diseases, it is recommended to ask your doctor before using it.