Yellow skullcap (Scutellaria baicalensis)
黄苓huáng língHuangling
Scutellaria baicalensis · Plant
2
Indications
5
With studies in people
Cautions
May interact with medications metabolized by liver enzymes; caution with sedatives; may affect blood glucose; avoid during pregnancy.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Yellow skullcap for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Heat SyndromeInflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Yellow skullcap does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit ImmuneBenefit Liver
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Scutellaria baicalensis and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.
- Benefit Antimicrobial156 records, 58 in people
- Benefit Immune173 records, 66 in people
- Benefit Liver247 records, 79 in people
- Heat Syndrome82 records, 18 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome711 records, 257 in people