Latin Name:SCUTELLARIAE RADIX

Source: Dried root of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi. Spring, autumn two season digging, remove fibrous roots and silt, after basking against the rough skin, drying.

Main origin: Shandong

[Functions and Indications] Clearing heat and dampness, relieving fire and detoxifying, stopping bleeding and calming the fetus. It is used for dampness and heat, chest distress and nausea, dampness and heat, diarrhea, jaundice, lung heat and cough, high fever and thirst, blood heat and vomiting of epistaxis, carbuncle, sore ulcer, restless fetus.

Main test indexes: calculated as dry product, the content of baicalin (C21H18O11) should not be less than 9.0%.

Main advantages: It is an authentic medicinal material from Shandong province, with high content and baicalin content up to 14% (9% in National Pharmacopoeia). It is an ideal medicinal material for the production of baicalin API.