heat-clearing
Scutellaria Root (Huang Qin)
黄芩 · Huángqín
Scutellaria baicalensis
性味
Cold
味
Bitter
Meridian
Lung, Gallbladder, Stomach, Large Intestine
Huang Qin — 'yellow golden root' — is the great clearer of upper-burner heat: lung infections, bitter taste, and the restless heat of pregnancy tradition. Its golden roots concentrate baicalin, one of the most-published flavonoids in modern herbal research. The old saying pairs it with huang lian and huang bai as the 'three yellows'.
🌿 功效
- •Clears heat and dries dampness
- •Clears lung heat
- •Cools blood and stops bleeding
- •Calms the fetus (traditional)
- •Resolves toxicity
📖 用法用量
3–10 g in decoction; wine-fried for upper-burner focus, charcoal-fried for bleeding.
🔬 现代研究
Baicalin and wogonin are intensively studied for antiviral, anti-inflammatory, hepatoprotective, and neuroprotective effects.
⚠️ 禁忌
Avoid with spleen-cold diarrhea and deficiency-cold patterns.
