Huang Qin
| Huang Qin in TCM:Explore the properties of Huang Qin according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: scute, scutellaria, baikal skullcap root
Pharmacuetical Name: Radix Scutellariae
Properties: bitter, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: LU, LI, ST, GB
Flavors: bitter
Special Properties:
clears heat, clears damp, eliminates toxins, stops bleeding
Alternate Forms:
- jiu zhi- enhances clearing of LU damp heat
- chao tan- better to stop bleeding
Actions / Indications:
- Clears damp heat in the upper jiao (dysenteric disorder,
diarrhea, jaundice, damp warm-febrile diseases: fever with stifling
sensation in chest; thirst without desire to drink)(upper
jiao)
- Clears Heat from LU; drains fire (high fever, irritable,
thirst; cough, thick yellow sputum due to phlegm-heat)
- Clears heat and and resolves toxicity (carbuncles,
furuncles, hot sores and swelling, sore throat)
- Cools blood, stop bleeding (hematemesis, epistaxis,
blood in stool, excessive uterine bleeding)
- Clears heat; calms fetus (warning signs of early
miscarriage; morning sickness due to heat in Stomach)
- Clear heat from LV/GB channel (jaundice, hepatitis,
shaoyang syndrome: alternating chills and fever; headache, bitter taste,
irritability, red eyes, flushed face; hypochondriac or chest constriction;
recent use for hypertension)
Special Notes:
- Combine Huang Qi with Shan Yao for an synergistic
effect to treat diabetes mellitus.
Contraindications:
- (cc: deficient heat)
- (cc: diarrhea due to cold in middle jiao)
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