Huang+Qin+(Scutellaria,+Baical+Skullcap+Root)

[[image:Huang_Qin.JPG width="264" height="343" align="right"]]Huang Qin (Scutellaria, Baical Skullcap Root) [“Yellow Parent”]
Category: Clear Heat & Dry Damp Nature: cold Flavors: bitter Channels: **LU, GB**, ST, LI [metal pair, yangming pair]

Functions: clear heat and dry damp; reduce fire and **clean toxins; stop bleeding; calm fetus.** Indications: 1. Jaundice, diarrhea, dysentery due to damp heat. 2. High fever, restless, yellow sticky tongue coating and rapid pulse in diseases caused by damp-heat. 3. Cough with sticky yellow phlegm, thirst due to **heat in the LU**. 4. **Hemoptysis, hemafecia, epistaxis, hematemesis and uterine bleeding due to heat in the blood.** 5. **Threatened miscarriage** due to disturbance of fetus by heat. [**calms fetus**] 6. Sore throat, carbuncles and boils due to toxic heat.

Dosage: 3-10g Contra: loose stool with poor appetite due to cold and yang deficiency of spleen. Comments: raw herb for clearing heat; dry-frying for calming fetus; charred for stopping blood

Formulas Featuring Huang Qin
//Chief Herb// Pu Ji Xiao Du Yin

//Deputy Herb// Huang Lian Jie Du Tang Xiao Chai Hu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction) Qing Qi Hua Tan Wan (Clear the Qi and Transform Phlegm Pill) Long Dan Xie Gan Tang Liang Ge San