The efficacy and function of Scutellaria baicalensis

Scutellaria baicalensis is also a relatively common Chinese medicinal material. This medicinal material has the effects of clearing away heat and detoxifying, cooling blood and calming the fetus. It also has very good effects on the treatment of febrile diseases and respiratory tract infections. However, there are still many people who have heard of Scutellaria baicalensis, but they don’t know much about its effects and functions. Let’s take a look at the relevant knowledge suggestions below.

What are the effects and functions of Scutellaria baicalensis? Scutellaria baicalensis is mainly used to treat damp-heat, or chest tightness and nausea caused by summer heat, as well as damp-heat and fullness. It is also effective for diarrhea, jaundice, or lung heat and cough. Of course, it is also effective for high fever, thirst, blood heat, vomiting and nosebleed, carbuncles, ulcers, and fetal movement disorder. "Medicine Pairs": "Cornus officinalis and dragon bone are its envoys. It hates onion fruit. It is afraid of cinnabar, peony and Veratrum. With Bupleurum, it can regulate the exterior and interior and reconcile the Shaoyang meridian; with Atractylodes macrocephala, it can clear away heat and stabilize the fetus; with Pinellia, it can reduce bitterness and open the stomach; with Coptis chinensis, it can clear away heat and dry dampness; with Citrus aurantium and Magnolia officinalis, it can help digestion and soothe the stomach.

The 100% concentration of Scutellaria baicalensis decoction was tested by the plate method and showed an inhibitory effect on Shigella dysenteriae, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella paratyphi, Vibrio cholerae, Escherichia coli, Proteus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, hemolytic Streptococcus aureus (a, B), Pneumococcus, and Corynebacterium diphtheriae. In the test tube test of Scutellaria baicalensis decoction, the concentration of 1:1280 can inhibit Salmonella typhi and hemolytic Streptococcus a, the concentration of 1:640 can inhibit hemolytic Streptococcus B, Pneumococcus, Shigella flexneri, and Mycobacterium tuberculosis H37, the concentration of 1:320 can inhibit Vibrio cholerae and Shigella dysenteriae; at the concentration of 1:80, it has an inhibitory effect on Shigella sonnei. Baicalin extract at a concentration of 0.5 g/ml or 0.05 g/ml was cultured on agar slants and mixed with culture medium at a ratio of 1:1, which had an inhibitory effect on Pseudomonas aeruginosa. The concentration of baicalinol extract is 2g/ml, and the plate test shows that it has inhibitory effect on Escherichia coli, Bacillus citrinum, and Staphylococcus aureus. The decoction and alcohol extract of Scutellaria baicalensis at a concentration of 1g/ml both had an inhibitory effect on meningococci when tested using the plate method.

In the test tube slant method test, 4% concentration of Scutellaria baicalensis decoction inhibited Microcystis canis and Trichophyton violaceum, 8% concentration inhibited Trichophyton schrenckii, 10% concentration inhibited Trichophyton schrenckii var. mongolica, and 15% concentration inhibited Trichophyton concentricum and Trichophyton ferruginosa. The 1:3 concentration of Scutellaria baicalensis water extract has different degrees of antibacterial effect on Trichophyton violaceum, Trichophyton concentricum, Trichophyton schrenckii, Microspore Trichophyton audouinii, Microspore Trichophyton woolly, Epidermophyton rubrum, K, W, Epidermophyton spp., Nocardia asteroides, etc. in test tube.

Not only that, if you use Scutellaria baicalensis, its efficacy and function can also promote people's body immunity and avoid central nervous system stimulation. Therefore, we recommend that people learn more about the relevant knowledge when using Scutellaria baicalensis in their daily life so that they can use this Chinese medicinal material correctly.