Scutellaria straight calyx

Scutellaria straight calyx

(Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine)

[synonym] Scutellaria barbata, Viola yunnanensis (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), Curcuma and Scutellaria baicalensis (Chinese higher plant Atlas).

[source] it is the whole plant of Scutellaria straight calyx in Labiatae.

[plant morphology] Scutellaria straight calyx

The perennial root is 23-15 cm in height. The branching roots are fine. Stem erect, tetragonal, pubescent by pressing upward. Leaves opposite; lower leaves ovate lanceolate, upper leaves strip-shaped, about 1-2.3 cm long, 0.4 cm wide, entire and slightly involute, both sides are sparsely pilose, below dense concave glandular points. Flowers axillary in pairs, arranged in racemes; blue purple, lip shaped, 1.2-1.7 cm long, tube near base, geniculate forward, middle lobe of lower lip ovoid; stamens 4,2-strong. Nuts, tiny.

It grows on barren slope, grassland or ditch. It is distributed in Yunnan, Sichuan and other places.

[collection] harvest in spring and summer, wash and dry.

[flavor] bitter, pungent and cool.

[function indications] detoxification and detumescence. It is used to treat carbuncle, swollen poison, scabies and chancre.

[selected formula] ① for carbuncle, swelling, toxin, scabies and scabies: Scutellaria barbata 1-3 coins. Take it in water.

② Treatment of infantile zouma chancre: Scutellaria barbata baked on new tile, research powder spread in ulcers. (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine comes from nature and taste)

Chinese PinYin : Zhi E Huang Qin