Dosage of scutellaria baicalensis

There are farms for the herb in many areas of our country. It can survive in different climates and has extremely strong vitality. The herb has the effects of removing phlegm and relieving asthma, reducing swelling and drowning. It has extremely high medicinal value for patients suffering from diseases such as pleural effusion, asthma, cough and sputum, and cor pulmonale. However, proper principles should be followed when using tianlizi, as excessive dosage may have the opposite effect.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, cold.

1. "Ben Jing": "Tastes spicy, cold."

2. "Bielu": "bitter, very cold, non-toxic."

3. "Medicinal Properties": "It tastes sour and is slightly toxic."

[return through meridians] enter the lung and bladder meridians.

1. "Leigong Paozhi Yaoxing Jie": "The four meridians of lung, heart, spleen and bladder."

2. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It is the main medicine for the hand Taiyin meridian, and also enters the hand Yangming and foot Taiyang meridians."

3. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It enters the lungs and stomach."

4. "New Compendium of Materia Medica": "It enters the liver and lung meridians."

【Function and indications】It can promote the flow of qi and water. It is used to treat lung congestion, shortness of breath, cough due to phlegm, and edema.

1. Ben Jing: "It is used to treat lumps, accumulation of qi, cold and heat caused by food and drink, breaking up hard masses, expelling evil spirits, and clearing the water channels."

2. "Bie Lu": "It can relieve bladder water, latent heat, and the evil water between the skin and the upper part of the body, causing edema of the face, sudden stroke, heat, itching, and lower abdomen."

3. "Yao Xing Lun": "It can promote urination, relieve shortness of breath and stop coughing."

4. "Kaibao Materia Medica": "It can treat lung congestion, cough, shortness of breath, and remove phlegm in the chest."

5. "Essentials of Cold Damage": "It can treat kidney disease and dry lips."

6. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Regulates menstruation."

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 1.5 to 3 qian; or made into pills or powder. External rejection: decoct in water for washing or grind into powder for application.

The role of tilizi:

1. Treat lung congestion, cough with pus and blood, wheezing and coughing that makes it hard to sleep: 2.5 liang of sweet scutellaria baicalensis (fry through paper until purple). Grind into powder, take 2 qian each time, add a cup of water, boil until 60% of the powder is left, and drink while warm at any time. (Tingli Powder from "The Effective Prescriptions of the World's Doctors")

2. Treat cough: 1 liang of Trichosanthes kirilowii seeds (boil until black on paper), 1 liang of Anemarrhena asphodeloides, 1 liang of Fritillaria thunbergii. Pound and sieve the three ingredients together, add half a liang of jujube meat and one and a half liang of granulated sugar, and put them into the medicine to make pills as big as bullets. Wrap one pill in new cotton and hold it in your mouth each time you take it, slowly swallowing the saliva. At most, take no more than three pills. (The pills containing ointment from the box)

3. To treat shortness of breath and cough, long-term inability to lie down, or edema, or edema all over the body, or swelling on one side, or swelling on the feet: simmer 3 liters of scutellaria baicalensis seeds, pound and sieve into powder, soak in 5 liters of rice wine, take it for 3 days in spring and summer, and 7 days in autumn and winter. The initial dose should be as big as a walnut, taken three times a day and once at night. In winter, take two doses at night according to the patient's stamina. If the patient is in a critical condition, do not wait until the whole day has passed and can crush the dose into fine cotton and take it immediately. (Secret Prescriptions of the Imperial Academy)

4. For treating cough, phlegm and wheezing: 0.5 liang of Trichosanthes, 0.5 liang of Pinellia ternata (soaked in ginger juice and cut into slices), 49 grains of Croton seeds (peeled and stir-fried with the above two ingredients until the Pinellia ternata turns yellow). Except for the croton, just grind the above two ingredients into fine powder. Take one qian of it each time, mix it with ginger juice and a little honey, and drink it after meals. (Tingli Powder from Yang's Family Prescriptions)

5. To treat lung abscess and shortness of breath causing insomnia: Radix Trichosanthis (boil until yellow, pound and make into pills as big as marbles), 12 jujubes. First use three liters of water to boil the dates and take out two liters. Remove the scutellaria from the dates and boil it until one liter remains. Drink it all at once. (Tingli Dazao Xiefei Decoction from "Golden Chamber")

6. To treat sudden ascites: 1 liang of scutellaria baicalensis and 20 pieces of almonds. Boil it until it turns yellow, pound it, divide it into ten doses, and take it with urine. The disease will be cured. (《Filling the gap at the back of the elbow》)

7. Treat sudden swelling due to yang fluid, red face, thirst, shortness of breath, and difficult urination: 1.5 liang of sweet scutellaria (fried and ground into powder), 2 liang of Stephania tetrandra (powder). Use the blood and head of a mallard duck, pound them with a pestle, and make pills as big as walnuts. For severe cases, take ten pills with white soup on an empty stomach, and for mild cases, take five pills. Take three or four times a day for five days. Small conveniences are the key. (Secret Prescriptions of the Imperial Academy)

8. To treat distended abdomen, withered limbs and turbid urine: take equal parts of sweet sedge (fried between paper sheets) and shepherd’s purse root. Grind the above ingredients into powder and make into marble-sized pills with honey. Take one pill each time, chew it with tangerine peel soup. Take three pills at a time, and your urine will become clear. After taking a few more pills, your abdomen will remain the same. (Tingli Pills from Sanyin Fang)

9. To treat swelling of the head, face, hands and feet in men and women of all sizes: fry and grind the bitter scutellaria, mix it with jujube pulp and make pills the size of red beans. Take ten pills each time, with sesame seed decoction, three times a day. After five to seven days, you will urinate more frequently and the swelling will go away. Avoid salty, sour, raw and cold foods. (The Essence of Surgery)

10. To treat abdominal distension and dry mouth and tongue, which are caused by water vapor in the intestines: take one liang each of Stephania tetrandra, Zanthoxylum bungeanum, boiled Trichosanthes kirilowii, and Rhubarb. Grind the above four ingredients into powder and make into pills with honey as big as walnuts. Take one pill before meals, three times a day, and increase the dosage slightly. If you feel saliva in your mouth and are thirsty, add half a liang of Glauber's salt. (The "Jingui Yaolu" has Jiaolihuang Pills)

11. To treat headache: grind the seeds of Trichosanthes kirilowii into powder, add wine to the powder and wash the head with the powder three or four times. (Behind the Elbow)

12. To treat scrofula and tuberculosis: 2 he of scutellaria baicalensis seeds and 0.5 jin of fermented black beans (soaked in water until soft). Pound the above medicines, roll them into cakes as thick as a coin, and place them on the sores. Use moxa cones as big as your little finger to apply moxibustion on the cakes. Do this once every five days, for seven times. (The recipe for making tili cakes from Sheng Hui Fang)

13. To treat white baldness in children: grind the herb into powder, wash with water and apply the powder on the affected area. (Secret Records of Mother and Child)

14. To treat menstrual disorders: 1 liter of Trichosanthes kirilowii. Grind into powder and make into honey pills as big as marbles. Wrap the pill in cotton and insert it into the vagina three inches deep. Change the pill after one night and stop when juice comes out. (Qianjin Fang)

15. To treat caries and tooth decay: take equal parts of scutellaria and realgar. Grind it into powder, mix it with lard in the twelfth lunar month, and dip it in locust branches wrapped in cotton. ("Golden Chamber Essentials")