黄芩·Radix Scutellariae
Scutellaria
Huang Qin (黄芩) is the root of scutellaria, a plant of the mint family, recorded as Radix Scutellariae. It is bitter in flavour and cold in temperature, entering the Lung, Gallbladder, Stomach and Large Intestine channels. The catalogue files it among the herbs that clear Heat and dry Dampness.
| Pinyin | huang qin |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 黄芩 |
| Latin Name | Radix Scutellariae |
| English Name | Scutellaria·scutellaria root |
| Japanese | ogon |
| Korean | hwanggeum |
Clears pathogenic Heat from the Upper and Middle Jiao in warm-febrile disease with high fever, a red, swollen and painful head and face, dry mouth and throat, mouth and tongue ulcers, nosebleed, rashes and irritability. Toothache. Sudden explosive diarrhea or dysentery with burning at the anus or foul stools and abdominal pain. Heat disturbing the fetus with nausea in pregnancy
Intestinal Wind with hemafecia.
Fever and tenesmus from Damp-Heat dysentery
hua shi + tong cao + bai dou kou
Damp-Heat with chest fullness, fever and a greasy tongue coat
zhi zi + yin chen hao + da huang + dan zhu ye
Damp-Heat with jaundice.
Damp-Heat jaundice.
Lung Heat cough, acute or chronic
Difficult, painful urination from Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao
sang bai pi + gua lou + xing ren + mai men dong
Coughing from Lung Heat, whether acute or chronic
zhi ban xia + zhi tian nan xing
Phlegm-Heat cough.
Acute febrile diseases.
huang lian + lian qiao + pu gong ying
Heat toxin in general, with sores and abscesses inside the body or on the surface
Lung Heat cough.
Boils, carbuncles and furuncles.
Shao Yang Heat with nausea and alternating chills and fever
Suppurative skin infections.
bai shao + zhi zi + chao huang bai + mu dan pi + da huang
Vomiting of blood and nosebleed, using the herb dry-fried or charred
bai mao gen + sheng di huang + ce bai ye
Excess Interior Heat driving the Blood to move recklessly
Intestinal Wind with blood in the stool. Intestinal abscess with abdominal pain
huang bai + mu dan pi + da huang
Vomiting of blood and nosebleed; for nosebleed both herbs are dry-fried
Heat causing a restless fetus
Severe rebellious Liver Fire with headache and dizziness
Liver Fire accumulating and obstructing, causing scrofula
Strongly clears lurking Heat in the Lungs with fever, chest fullness, cough with yellow phlegm and nosebleed or vomiting of blood. Damp-Heat with jaundice. Heat toxin sores. Liver Fire with irregular vaginal bleeding
Blood Heat causing a restless fetus
Deficiency Heat causing a restless fetus
Dysentery and abdominal pain as Heat enters the Interior. Cools Heat and nourishes Blood to settle a fetus that Heat is disturbing. Nausea and vomiting in pregnancy from Liver Heat invading the Spleen and Stomach
chuan lian zi + cao dou kou + lai fu zi + hong hua + qian cao (tan) + bai ji li + zao jiao ci + bing lang + shen qu + shan zha + mai ya
Infectious hepatitis without jaundice.
Scrofula.
yin chen hao + huang bai + zhi zi + da huang + che qian zi + bing lang + shen qu + shan zha + mai ya
Infectious hepatitis with jaundice.
Wind-Heat with Phlegm causing pain around the eyebrow and eye socket; the wine-fried herb is powdered and taken with green tea
ban lan gen + bo he + xuan shen
Sore throat while Exterior symptoms linger
Toothache or oral ulcers.
Constipation.
Burning dysuria.
shi lian zi + che qian zi + huang qi
Qi Deficiency with Damp-Heat painful urination
Cough with wheezing or shortness of breath
gua lou + sang bai pi + xing ren
Congested chest with copious yellow phlegm
shi gao + zhi zi + sang bai pi
Cough due to Heat.
Red, painful eyes and other eye disorders
Excess Heat with irritability and a persistent high fever
Cold-Damp in the Exterior and Heat in the Interior
huang lian + huang bai + zhi zi
Red, swollen, painful sores and lesions
san qi + huai hua (chao) + bai mao gen
Hematemesis and epistaxis.
Abdominal pain.
Infertility.
| Age | Raw | Granule | Tincture | Concentrate | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any | 3-18 g | — | 2-4 ml | — | — |
黄芩·Radix Scutellariae
Huang Qin (Jiu) (黄芩) is the wine-processed root of scutellaria, recorded as Radix Scutellariae. Beyond the names the record is empty: no category, no channels, no actions.
The catalogue records no separate actions, dose or cautions for this preparation. Unless noted above it follows huang qin.