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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