Scutellaria barabata herb 8 ounce 8:1 concentration

Scutellaria barabata herb - 8 oz.

Unit Size

8

Potency

8:1

Taste

Acrid, Slightly Bitter - Bensky

Properties

Cool - Bensky

Contraindications

Caution during Pregnancy

Chinese Symptomology

Furuncles; Sores; Abscesses; Snakebite; Trauma; Cancer; Hepatitis - Chronic; Edema; Ascites; Vomiting - Blood; Nosebleed; Painful Urination

Actions

Clears heat; Resolves toxicity; invigorates the blood; Reduces swellings; Promotes urination and reduces edema; Mildly dispels blood stasis and stops bleeding

Pattern

Heat, toxicity, Damp-heat - Bensky

Channels Entered

Liver; Lung; Stomach

Chinese name

Ban Zhi Lian

English name

Bearded Scutellaria; Barbat Skullcap

Description

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed

• Clears heat, resolves toxicity, invigorates the blood, and reduces swellings: for furuncles, sores and abscesses, as well as snakebite and trauma. Promotes movement and disperses in the course of healing.*
• Recently used in treating various types of cancer and chronic hepatitis.*
• Promotes urination and reduces edema: for edema from such problems as damp-heat or the ascites of criihosis.*
• Mildly dispels blood stasis and stops bleeding: for trauma, vomiting blood, nosebleeds, or painful bloody urinary dribbling.*

Ingredients

Ban Zhi Lian - Scutellaria Barbata