Huang Qin
黃苓 huáng qín

Category:

Clear Heat

Clear Heat and Dry Dampness

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	Tastes: Bitter		Dosage: 3-9g

	Cautions: Contraindicated in cases of Cold from Deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach		Meridians: Lung , Stomach , Large Intestine , Gall Bladder
	Preparation: • Bland • Young • Dried • Dry-fried • Wine-fried • Charred • Scorched		Quality: Good quality - big, golden yellow, full roots with few if any withered areas in the center. Roots with a withered, hollow center, or pieces that are broken up, are of inferior quality. Bluish green roots reflect improper procession, which can result in a low content of glycosides.
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (78) fù zǐ xiè xīn tāng (Prepared aconite Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium) ān gōng niú huáng wán (Calm the Palace with Cattle Gallstone Pill ) bàn xià xiè xīn tāng (Pinellia Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium) chái gé jiě jī tāng (Bupleurum and Kudzu Decoction to Release the Muscle Layer Decoction) chái hú bái hǔ tāng (Bupleurum White Tiger Decoction) chái hú dá yuán yǐn (Bupleurum Decotion to Reach the Membrane Source) chái hú guì zhī gān jiāng tāng (Bupleurum, Cinnamon Twig, and Ginger Decoction) chái hú jiā lóng gǔ mǔ lì tāng (Bupleurum plus Dragon Bone and Oyster Shell Decoction) chái hú jiā máng xiāo tāng (Bupleurum Decoction plus Mirabilite) chái hú qīng gān tāng (Bupleurum Decoction to Clear the Liver) chái hú qīng zào tāng (Bupleurum Decoction to Clear Dryness) chái hú sì wù tāng (Bupleurum and Four Substance Decoction) chái hú xiàn xiōng tāng (Bupleurum Decoction for Sinking Into the Chest) chái hú zhǐ jié tāng (Bupleurum, Bitter Orange, and Platycodon Decoction) chái píng tāng (Bupleurum and Calm the Stoamch Decoction) dà chái hú tāng (Major Bupleurum Decoction) dà huáng zhě chóng wán (Rhubarb and Eupolnhagea pill ) dà qiāng huó tāng (Major Notopterygium Decoction) dà qín jiāo tāng (Major Gentiana Qinjiao Decoction) dá yuán yǐn (Reach the Membrane Source Decoction) dāng guī liù huáng tāng (Tangkuei and Six-yellow Decoction) dāng guī lóng huì wán (Tangkuei, Gentiana Longdancao, and Aloe Pill) dāng guī sǎn (Tangkuei Powder) dì gǔ pí yǐn (Lycium Root Bark Decoction) dì yú sǎn (Sanguisorba Powder) dìng chuǎn tāng (Arrest Wheezing Decoction) fáng fēng tōng shèng sǎn (Ledebouriella Powder that Sagely Unblocks) gān lù xiāo dú dān (Sweet Dew Special Pill to Eliminate Toxin) gān lù yǐn (Sweet Dew Decoction) gé gēn huáng lián huáng qín tāng (Kudzu Coptis and Scutellaria Decoction) gù jīng wán (Stabilize the Menses Pill) guā loú zhǐ shǐ tāng (Trichosanthes Fruit and Immature Bitter Orange Decoction) gǔn tán wán (Vaporize Phlegm Pill) hāo qín qīng dǎn tāng (Artemisia Annua and Scutellaria Decoction to Clear) huái jiǎo wán (Sophora Japonica Fruit Pill) huáng lián ē jiāo tāng (Coptis and Ass- Hide Gelatin Decoction) huáng lián jiě dú tāng (Coptis Decoction to Relieve Toxicity) huáng qín huá shí tāng (Scutellaria and Talcum Decoction) huáng qín tāng (Scutellaria Decoction) huáng tǔ tāng (Yellow Earth Decoction) jiā weì bái tóu wēng tāng (Augmented Pulsatilla Decoction) jiā wèi èr chén tāng (Augmented Two-Cured Decoction) jiǔ wèi qiāng huó tāng (Nine-herb Decoction with Notopterygium) Jiǔ wèi qiāng huó tāng (Nine-Herb Decoction with Notopterygium from the Analytic Collection) liáng gé sǎn (Cool the Diaphragm Powder) lóng dǎn xiè gān tāng (Gentiana Long Gan Cao Decoction to Drain the Liver) nèi shū huáng lián tāng (Internal Dispersing Decoction with Coptis) niú huáng qīng xīn wán (Cattle Gallstone Pill to Clear the Heart) niú huáng shàng qīng wán (Cattle Gallstone Pill to Ascend and Clear) pǔ jì xiāo dú yǐn (Universal Benefit Decoction to Eliminate Toxin) qín lián sì wù tāng (Four-Substance Decoction with Scutellaria and Coptis) qīng dǎn xiè huǒ tāng (Clear the Gallbladder and Drain Fire Decoction) qīng jīng zhǐ xuè tāng (Cool the Menses and Stop Bleeding Decoction) qīng pí tāng (Clear the Spleen Decoction) qīng rè zhǐ bēng tāng (Clear Heat and Stop Excessive Uterine Bleeding Dec) qīng shī huà tán tāng (Clear Dampness and Transform Phlegm Decoction) qīng wèi tāng (Clear the Stomach Decoction) qīng wēn bài dù yǐn (Clear Epidemics and Overcome Toxin Decoction) Qīng Xīn Líán Zǐ Yǐn (Lotus Seed Decoction to Clear the Heart) qīng xīn liáng gé sǎn (Clear the Heart and Cool the Diaphragm Powder) qīng yí tāng (Clear the Pancreas Decoction) qū fēng zhì bǎo dān (Greatest Treasure Special Pill to Dispel Wind) sān huáng shí gāo tāng (Three-Yellows and Gypsum Decoction) sān huáng sì wù tāng (Three-Yellow and Four-Substance Decoction) sháo yào tāng (Peony Decoction) shén xī dān (Magical Rhinoceros Special Pill) shēng jiāng xiè xīn tāng (Fresh Ginger Decoction to Drain the Epigastrium) shí gaō tāng (Gypsum Decoction) tài shān pán shí sǎn (Powder that Gives the Stability of Mount Tai) tiān má gōu téng yǐn (Gastrodia and Uncaria Decoction) wēn qīng yǐn (Warming and Clearing Decoction) xiǎo chái hú tāng (Minor Bupleurum Decoction) xiǎo xù mìng tāng (Minor Prolong Life Decoction) xiè xīn tāng (Drain the Epigastrium Decoction) xīng rén huá shí tāng (Apricot Kernel and Talcum Decoction) yī wù chái gé jiě jī tāng (Bupleurum and Kudzu Decoction To Release the Muscle Layer ) zhǐ shí dǎo zhì wán (Immature Bitter Orange Pill to Guide out Stagnation) zhōng mǎn fēn xiāo wán (Separate and Reduce Fullness in the Middle Pill)

Family:

Labiatae (Lamiaceae)

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Radix Scutellariae Baicalensis

Botanical: Scutellaria Baicalensis Georgi

Japanese: ogon

Korean: hwanggeum

Common: baical skullcap root, scutellaria, scute

Temperature: Cold

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Resolves toxicity add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Dries dampness add comment

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Clears heat and drains fire add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Stifling sensation in the chest add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Thirst with an inability to drink add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Painful urinary dribbling add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Heat in the upper burner add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Irritability add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Expectoration of thick yellow sputum add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Vomiting of blood add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Coughing of blood add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Nosebleed add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Blood in the stool add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Fetus kicking excessively due to heat add comment

Huang Qin黃苓 huáng qín

Huang Qin
黃苓 huáng qín