Scutellaria Baicalensis Effects and Indications

Scutellaria baicalensis has the effects of clearing heat and drying dampness (removing heat and drying dampness), diarrhea and detoxification (removing fire and poison from the body), stopping bleeding, and tranquilizing the fetus. It is mainly used in conditions such as dampness and warmth (warmth caused by feeling dampness and heat), chest tightness, vomiting and nausea, jaundice, diarrhea, coughing due to lung heat, and restlessness of the fetus. Scutellaria baicalensis is the dried root of the labiate plant Scutellaria baicalensis, bitter in flavor and cold in nature. It has the effects of clearing heat and drying dampness, diarrhea and detoxification, stopping bleeding, and tranquilizing the fetus. It is used for treating dampness and warmth, chest congestion, vomiting and nausea, jaundice, diarrhea, lung-heat cough, etc. It also has therapeutic effects on fetal restlessness and epistaxis (vomiting of blood and nosebleed due to blood-heat). The adverse reactions and contraindications of Scutellaria baicalensis are not clear. Precautions, Scutellaria baicalensis is bitterly cold and injurious to the stomach, and should not be used for spleen and stomach hypothermia (weakness and coldness of the spleen and stomach). Chinese medicines or proprietary Chinese medicines need to be used under the guidance of a Chinese doctor to identify the symptoms, and individuals should not use them blindly to avoid adverse consequences.