The effects and functions of scutellaria baicalensis, do you know these uses?

The herb is distributed in North China, Northeast China and Northwest China. It can promote diuresis and reduce swelling, relieve cough and asthma. You must strictly follow the method of taking Chinese medicine to achieve good results. If you have any disease, you can try Chinese medicine treatment.

1. The efficacy and function of tenglizi

Drain the lungs and lower qi; eliminate phlegm and relieve asthma; promote diuresis and reduce swelling; expel evil. It is used to treat asthma, cough and sputum caused by phlegm blocking the lungs; lung abscess; edema; hydrothorax and abdominal effusion; urinary difficulty; chronic cor pulmonale; asthma and swelling caused by heart failure; scrofula and tuberculosis. It is used for phlegm blocking the lungs, wheezing, coughing with excessive sputum, fullness in the chest and flanks, inability to lie flat, edema of the chest and abdomen, and difficulty urinating; edema caused by cor pulmonale.

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

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

③ "Yao Xing Lun": It promotes urination, relieves shortness of breath and stops cough.

④ "Kaibao Materia Medica": Treats lung congestion, cough, relieves shortness of breath, and eliminates phlegm and fluid in the chest.

⑤ "Essentials of Cold Damage": Treats kidney failure and dry lips.

⑥ "Compendium of Materia Medica": Regulates menstruation.

2. Additional prescription

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 "Shiyi Dexiao Fang")

② Treat cough: 1 liang of Trichosanthes kirilowii (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 pill containing ointment in the box)

③For the treatment of 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: 3 liters of Trichosanthes seeds, simmer slightly, pound and sieve into powder, soak in 5 liters of rice wine, take a bath 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 Waitai)

④ Treat cough, phlegm and wheezing: 0.5 liang of Trichosanthes, 0.5 liang of Pinellia (soaked in ginger juice and cut into slices), 49 grains of Croton (peeled and stir-fried with the above two ingredients until the Pinellia 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 Treat lung abscess with shortness of breath and inability to lie down: scutellaria baicalensis (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 Synopsis")

⑥Treatment of 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 Chinese 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 Waitai)

⑧ Treats 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)

⑨Treats swelling of the head, face, hands and feet in both men and women: 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 Treat abdominal distension and dry mouth and tongue, which is caused by water vapor in the intestines: 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)