What are the medicinal values ​​of Scutellaria baicalensis?

Perhaps most people in daily life are unfamiliar with Scutellaria baicalensis. Scutellaria baicalensis has a wide range of medicinal value, but most people do not know what the ingredients of Astragalus membranaceus are. This is a question many people want to ask. Scutellaria baicalensis is a common medicine and also a Chinese patent medicine. It has a good effect on protecting the liver and nourishing the heart. Similarly, Scutellaria baicalensis can be decocted and used. So what different effects can be reflected in the medicinal value of Scutellaria baicalensis!

Scutellaria baicalensis is unfamiliar to many people. What are the components of Scutellaria baicalensis? What are the effects and functions of Scutellaria baicalensis? What are the clinical applications and contraindications of Scutellaria baicalensis? With these questions, let's follow the editor of Sanjiu Health Hall to learn about the relevant knowledge points about Scutellaria baicalensis.

1. Composition of Scutellaria baicalensis

The root of Scutellaria baicalensis contains flavonoids: baicalin, baicalein, baicalin, wogonin, baicalin, oroxylin A, 7-methoxybaicalin, baicalin, dihydrooroxylin, chrysin and other active ingredients.

Scutellaria root contains flavonoids

2. The efficacy of Scutellaria baicalensis

Scutellaria baicalensis enters the lung, heart, liver, gallbladder, and large intestine meridians. It is cold in nature and bitter in taste. It has the effects of purging excess fire, removing dampness and heat, stopping bleeding and calming the fetus. It is used to treat high fever, thirst, lung heat cough, damp-heat diarrhea, jaundice, pyrexia, vomiting, epistaxis, metrorrhagia, fistula, red and swollen eyes, fetal movement disorder, carbuncles and furuncles.

3. The role of Scutellaria baicalensis

1. Antibacterial effect

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.

2. Antifungal effect

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.

Antiviral effect: 25-100% concentration of Scutellaria baicalensis decoction has an inhibitory effect on the replication of hepatitis B virus DNA in in vitro tests.

3. Effects on the central nervous system

Intraperitoneal injection of 4g/kg of Scutellaria baicalensis decoction can prolong the positive reflex of the defensive conditioned reflex of mice, but has no effect on the unconditioned reflex and differentiation, indicating that Scutellaria baicalensis can enhance the cortical inhibition process. 2g/kg of Scutellaria baicalensis decoction has an antipyretic effect on rabbits with fever induced by typhoid mixed vaccine.

However, there are also reports that 5-9g/rabbit of Scutellaria baicalensis decoction or wine infusion was given orally, or 2g/rabbit was given im, but neither could prove that Scutellaria baicalensis had an antipyretic effect on rabbits with typhoid vaccine-induced fever. Anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic.

Scutellaria baicalensis has a wide range of pharmacological value. Astragalus has rich resistance to the central nervous system and can prevent the spread of cancer and cancer cells. Gold itself can kill bacteria and disinfect, and has a good effect on nourishing the liver and heart, treating gastroenteritis. Pregnant women can also eat it. Scutellaria baicalensis has sufficient medicinal effects on stabilizing the fetus, regulating qi and blood, and nourishing the body.