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Scutellaria baicalensis is a common Chinese herbal medicine. As a nourishing and health-preserving herbal medicine, Scutellaria baicalensis has many functions and effects. Scutellaria baicalensis is also a common health care product for many people. So can everyone take Scutellaria baicalensis? What groups are not suitable for taking it? Let’s learn about it below.

Effects of Astragalus

1. Enhance immunity

Scutellaria baicalensis can enhance the phagocytic function of the reticuloepidermal system, significantly increase the white blood cell count and the total polymorphonuclear leukocyte count, and significantly increase the macrophage phagocytic percentage and phagocytic index value, and has a promoting effect on cellular immunity and immune cells. After ordinary people take it, blood IgM and IgE will increase significantly, with wolfsbane having the best effect. Scutellaria baicalensis can promote the production of hemolysin, enhance the hemolytic ability of plaque-forming cells, and has significant charcoal particle clearance effect and the effect of increasing spleen weight. The above effects exist under normal physiological conditions and also have significant effects when the immune function is low. Scutellaria baicalensis not only has the effect of improving low immune function, but also has a dual buffering effect. The component F3 of Scutellaria baicalensis root showed a profound restorative effect on the reticulocyte function of cancer patients in in vitro experiments, and was shown to completely reverse the immunosuppression caused by cyclophosphamide in human animal model experiments, suggesting that Scutellaria baicalensis root components may be a promising microbial response regulator in immunotherapy. Scutellaria baicalensis can increase the specificity of natural destructive cells (LAK) activated by lymphokine (interleukin-2).

2. Effect of interferon suppository

Scutellaria baicalensis has the ability to enhance the virus-induced interferon plug. People who are prone to fever and colds can take Scutellaria baicalensis during the fever and cold season, which can not only significantly reduce the frequency of fever and colds, but also make the symptoms of colds lighter and the current history of illness shorter.

3. Improve the body's ability to tolerate oxygen deficiency and stress response

Astragalus polysaccharide has a significant effect in relieving fatigue, can significantly increase the swimming time and increase the amount of adrenaline in cortisol-depleted mice, has obvious tolerance to various hypoxia models in mice, can significantly reduce systemic oxygen consumption and enhance tissue tolerance to hypoxia. Astragalus polysaccharide has a significant cold-resistant effect, which can significantly prolong the survival time of normal and deficient mice.

4. Promote the body's metabolism

Scutellaria baicalensis can improve the physiological metabolism of body cells, which may be based on the buffering effect of cAMP and cGMP in body cells. Scutellaria baicalensis can also promote the upgrade of blood cells and liver proteins and promote protein metabolism, which may be another key aspect of Scutellaria baicalensis's efficacy.

5. Improve heart function

Scutellaria baicalensis has the effect of enhancing the contraction of a normal heart. For a heart that has weakened due to poisoning or fatigue, the brain-clearing effect is more significant, mainly manifested in that it can increase the amplitude of heart contraction and increase blood discharge. 100% Scutellaria baicalensis injection can make the heart in paraffin sections contract, lift and accelerate. Scutellaria baicalensis can improve the left atrial function of patients with viral myocarditis and also has certain anti-arrhythmic effects, which may be caused by increasing the effective refractory period.

6. Blood pressure lowering effect

Subcutaneous or intravenous injection of Scutellaria baicalensis decoction, water infusion, or alcohol infusion into anesthetized animals (dogs, cats, and rabbits) can lower blood pressure with rapid effects and short duration. The blood pressure lowering effect is the result of immediate dilation of peripheral blood vessels. Introducing Scutellaria baicalensis injection into the coronary arteries, vertebral arteries, superior mesenteric aorta, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular vessels, intestinal vessels and other visceral organ blood vessels of experimental dogs can reduce the vascular friction resistance index value. However, when introduced into the renal artery, the renal vascular friction resistance index value increases instead, indicating that the effect of Scutellaria baicalensis on renal blood vessels is different from that on blood vessels in other locations.

7. Liver protection effect

Scutellaria baicalensis can prevent the decrease of liver glycogen and has a protective effect on carbon tetrachloride hepatitis in experimental mice. Scutellaria baicalensis also has a certain effect on the conversion of positive hepatitis B virus surface antigen infection to negative, and the difference is significant compared with the control experiment (P<0.05). The clinical efficacy of treating chronic hepatitis was 92.1% and 88.5% for liver depression and spleen deficiency type and kidney qi deficiency type, respectively, which were better than the control experiment (P < 0.05), indicating that the efficacy of using only Scutellaria baicalensis to treat chronic hepatitis is not ideal.

8. Regulate blood sugar levels

Astragalus polysaccharide has the dual effect of regulating blood sugar levels. It can significantly reduce the blood sugar level of mice after glucose loading, and can significantly resist the increase in blood sugar level of mice caused by adrenal hormones, but has no significant effect on hypoglycemia induced by glargine insulin. Just ask about physical and mental health

9. Anti-bacteria and anti-viral infection effects

Scutellaria baicalensis has inhibitory effects on Shigella dysenteriae, Pneumococcus, hemolytic Streptococcus A, B, C, and orange-yellow, lemon-yellow, and milky-white Staphylococci. Scutellaria baicalensis also has a certain inhibitory effect on the incidence of oral viral infection and influenza Sendai BB1 virus infection, but it has no immediate elimination effect.

10. Growth hormone-like effects

Scutellaria baicalensis has similar growth hormone-like effects, can prolong the estrus period of mice, and has a good effect on the growth and development of mice.

11. Other

Scutellaria baicalensis can significantly reduce the blood rheology indexes of rabbits, and its properties are similar to those of Salvia miltiorrhiza injection. 100% Scutellaria baicalensis injection has an irritating and contracting effect on the paraffin-sectioned uterus of rats. Scutellaria baicalensis injection has the effect of promoting the growth of the femoral head of chick embryos in vitro fertilization. Scutellaria baicalensis also has the effect of promoting the increase of hemoglobin concentration, serum protein and human albumin in patients with aplastic anemia.

Although Scutellaria baicalensis has great effects, these seven types of people should be cautious when taking it

1. Women in the middle and late stages of pregnancy

As we all know, pregnant women cannot take medicine casually. Even if they have a fever or a cold, they should endure it if possible. Otherwise, it is very likely to affect the fetus. Scutellaria baicalensis is a traditional Chinese medicine that can affect the fetus. This is because Scutellaria baicalensis is a Chinese medicinal material that replenishes qi and blood. If pregnant women take it, it will have a certain impact on the fetus, especially for women in the late pregnancy. Taking Scutellaria baicalensis can easily cause fetal premature birth, resulting in difficult delivery. In severe cases, it can cause dystocia in pregnant women, threatening the life and health of pregnant women and their fetuses.

2. Hypertensive patients

Hypertensive patients cannot take Scutellaria baicalensis at will, otherwise it is likely to cause high blood pressure, and in more serious cases it may continue to affect the patient's life and health.

3. People with dry mouth, bitter taste and bad breath

Generally, symptoms such as dry mouth, bitter taste in the mouth, bad breath, and thick yellow tongue coating are all manifestations of cold and dampness. However, if you take Scutellaria baicalensis at this time, it may cause stagnation of evil, thus aggravating the patient's condition. Therefore, patients with cold and dampness must be cautious when eating Scutellaria baicalensis.

4. People with kidney yin deficiency

The so-called kidney yin deficiency refers to a group of people suffering from symptoms such as dry mouth and throat, insomnia, dreaminess, and hot hands and feet. And Scutellaria baicalensis is a warm Chinese medicinal material. If people with kidney yin deficiency take it, it will have a heat-promoting effect on the body, thereby aggravating the condition.

5. People with strong internal heat

As mentioned above, Scutellaria baicalensis belongs to the warm Chinese medicinal material. Therefore, people with excessive internal heat should not take Scutellaria baicalensis, otherwise it may cause symptoms such as getting angry easily, and even cause other symptoms in severe cases.

6. Groups with severe heat and toxicity

The so-called raging heat and toxicity refers to those people suffering from purulent infections, such as peritonitis, acne, throat infections, etc. However, since Scutellaria baicalensis itself is a warm-natured Chinese medicinal material, if people with severe heat and toxicity take it, it will aggravate the condition of patients with severe heat and toxicity, so it must be taken with caution.

7. Groups with less saliva

Those who have less saliva, dry mouth, yellow and red tongue coating should not take Scutellaria baicalensis, otherwise it will increase the body's concentration and aggravate the patient's condition.