Home >> Open Courses >> Chinese Medicine Center

黄芩 Huangqin
Radix Scutellariae

【Source】
  Source is from the root of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, family Labiatae.


【Properties】
  Bitter in flavor, cold in nature, attributive to 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. Huangqin is used for seasonal febrile diseases of dampness type, dysentery and stagnation of damp-heat type, especially effective in clearing away damp-heat of both the middle and upper energizers.
                    2. For sthenic-heat syndrome of qifen and cough due to lung-heat, clearing away lung-fire and sthenic-heat of the upper energizer.
                    3. For exterior sores, abscess of internal organs and other heat-toxin syndromes of internal medicine, surgery and five sensory organs.
                    4. For hemopyretic bleeding manifested as hematemesis, hematochezia, hemafecia, and metrorrhagia.
                    5. For excessive fetal movement and gravid vaginal bleeding due to heat-syndrome in pregnancy.

【Famous Prescription】
  Gegen Qin Lian Tang (Decoction)       Xiao Chaihu Tang (Decoction)