Scutellaria, Huang Qin Scutellaria baicalensis, Huang Qin 黄芩 Huang Qin (TCM)Hong len ser po  ཧོང་ལེན་སེར་པོ་ (Tibetan) Ben Cao Pin Hui Jing Yao, 1505 (Welcome) Scutellaria baicalensis Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, 1849 Scutellaria baicalensis(Photo: National Institute of Ecology, Korea) Botanical name: Scutellaria baicalensisLocal varieties used include S. rehderiana (Gansu),  S. arnoena (Yunnan, Sichuan), S. hypericifolia (Sichuan) Parts used: Root Temperature & Taste: Cold, dry. Bitter Classification: B. Clears Heat & Damp Uses: 1. Clears Heat and Damp:-Diarrhea, Dysentery-Fever, stifling sensation in Chest, Thirst-Painful or Dribbling Urine-Auxiliary for Jaundice2. Clears Heat, Resists Toxin:-Fever, Irritability, Thirst-acute Cough with yellow sputum-Heat-types Sores, Infections and Swellings-important herb for acute bacterial infections3. Clears Liver Heat:-Headache, Red Eyes and Face, Restlessness, Anger, Bitter taste in the mouth-Hypertension associated with Liver heat4. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:-Heat-type Blood in the Urine or Stool, Coughing or Vomiting Blood5. Clears Heat, Calms the Fetus:-Restless Fetus (excess movement or kicking) Dose: Decoction: 3–9 gramsPowder: 1–3 grams Substitute: 1. This is similar in use to Barberry bark in the West which is probably a suitable substitute.2. Picrorhiza is also a possible substitute Main Combinations: Fever, Acute Disease:1. Acute Fever with Heat and Toxin, Scutellaria Huang Qin with Forsythia Lian Qiao, Saposhnikovia Fang Feng, Rhubarb…

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