Medicinals

huáng qín / 黄芩 / 黃芩 / scutellaria [root];

Latin pharmacognostic name: Scutellariae Radix

Alternate English names: Baikal skullcap [root]

Alternate Chinese names: 腐肠 fǔ cháng; 黄文 huáng wén; 虹胜 hóng shèng; 经芩 jīng qín; 印头 yìn tóu; 内虚 nèi xū; 空肠 kōng cháng

Origin: Plant

Use: medicinal

Category: Heat-clearing agents / Heat-clearing dampness-drying agents

Properties: Bitter; cold.

Channel entry: lung, stomach, gallbladder, and large intestine channels.

Indications:

Dosage & Method:

Oral: 3–9g in decoctions; use in pills and powders. Topical: Decoct as a wash; grind to a powder and sprinkle on the affected area.

Warning:

The bitter cold nature of huáng qín can damage the stomach, so it is unsuitable for patients with spleen-stomach vacuity cold.

Product Description:

This is a cylindrical or spindle-shaped root up to 30 cm long and 1–4 cm thick. The head has usually suffered damage. Older roots often have rotted wood exposed. The outer surface is yellow, with contorted longitudinal wrinkles. It has numerous wart-like scars from removed branch roots. The decocting pieces are 1 mm thick transverse or oblique slices, whose cut face is yellowish green, with clearly visible brown annular rings, yellowish green bark, yellow wood, distinct ducts configured in broken circles, and a brownish core.

Quality:

Hard, long, yellow roots with few stem bases and with hard cores are the best.

Product Area:

Héběi, Shānxī, and Mongolia.

Etymology:

In the main name huáng qín 黄芩, huáng 黄 means yellow, and qín 芩 is said to be the same as 黔 (qián), meaning black.black/yellow

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