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Barbed Skullcap Herb Scutellaria barbata D. Don (Herba Scutellariae Barbatae)

Clear heat and resolve toxin medicinesCold
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Traditional recorded function

Clear heat and resolve toxin, disperse blood stasis and stop bleeding, promote urination and reduce edema

1. Used for sores, carbuncles, swelling and toxin, venomous snake bites. 2. Used for traumatic injury, vomiting blood and epistaxis, blood strangury. 3. Used for abdominal edema.

Nature & taste

PungentBitterCold

Meridians entered

LungLiverKidney

Botanical source

Accepted nameScutellaria barbata D.Don

FamilyLamiaceae

Herbal properties

ColdReducingDescendingDispersingDrying

Found in these formulas

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References