The efficacy and function of rosary root and scutellaria baicalensis

With the development of society and the close international exchanges, most people who study medicine have been seriously influenced by Western medicine, and fewer and fewer people are studying Chinese medicine, which has resulted in less and less understanding of Chinese medicine. Let’s talk about the efficacy and functions of the Chinese medicine Rosary Root and Scutellaria Baicalensis.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The root of Scutellaria baicalensis, a plant of the Lamiaceae family.

[Original morphology] Scutellaria baicalensis, a perennial upright herb. The root of the plant is horizontal, white, beaded, and composed of enlarged internodes with a diameter of up to 6 mm. The stem is 20-36cm tall, sparsely covered with white soft hairs only on the nodes, and the rest of the stem is glabrous and purple. The stem is 20-36cm tall, sparsely covered with white soft hairs only on the nodes, and the rest of the stem is glabrous and purple. Petiole 1.5-4m long; leaf blade ovate or ovate-oblong, 0.8-2.3cm long, 0.3-1.3cm wide; apex acute to obtuse, base rounded to shallowly cordate; glabrous above, very sparsely pubescent along veins below, densely covered with glandular dots. Flowers are few, solitary in the leaf axils at the top of the stem; pedicels are about 4mm long, with paired linear bracteoles outside the lower 1/3; calyx is 3-4mm long, scutellum is 1mm high, and slightly enlarged when fruiting; corolla is blue, 3.2cm long, with shallow cystic swelling in front of the base of the corolla tube, the crown brim is two-lipped, the upper lip is gray and concave, and the middle lobe of the lower lip is nearly round; stamens are 4, didyna; disk is raised in front; ovary has 4 lobes/lobes are equal. The nutlets are ellipsoidal, light brown, and have tubercles. The flowering period is July-August, and the fruiting period is September.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows in grass, ponds and gravel beaches.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat; detoxifies; stops bleeding; stabilizes the fetus. It is used to treat high fever and thirst; cough due to lung heat; diarrhea due to heat toxins; vomiting and bleeding due to blood heat; fetal heat and fetal movement; sores, carbuncles, swelling and toxins

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Now you know the effects of Rosary Root and Scutellaria Baicalensis. I didn’t know before that Rosa candidum and Scutellaria baicalensis are such valuable things. This shows that our knowledge is not broad enough. So in the future life, it would be a good way to maintain health to learn more about them. In fact, if you want to maintain health, there is knowledge everywhere in life.