Scutellaria baicalensis (Huang Qin, Baikal root) strong tincture made by Herbactive Health.
Actions and uses: anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic. Arthritis, hay fever, allergies. It has flavonoids which inhibit the release of histamine and the production of leukotrienes (inflammatory and pain-triggering chemicals). To eliminate heat and dampness; to eliminate heat in the lung for cough. Anti-toxin. Haemostatic. Prevents miscarriage. Uses: diarrhoea, jaundice, acute urinary tract infection; enteritis, dysentery; cough with thick and yellow sputum; pyogenic infection of the skin; hypertension; threatened abortion. Bitter, cold. LU HE ST GB LI. Dose: 3-10gm. Prepare with wine to clear the heat of the upper burner of the body (ascending in action). S. baicalensis (Huang Qin) – anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic. Arthritis, hay fever, allergies. It has flavonoids which inhibit the release of histamine and the production of leukotrienes (inflammatory and pain-triggering chemicals).
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Scutellaria baicalensis rad Labiatae (Huang Qin, Baikal root; bitter, cold; LU. HE. ST. GB. LI.). Action antiviral, anti-inflam, antioxidant, nervine, neuroprotective, anodyne, mildly sedative, anticonvulsant, hepatoprotective, antihypertensive, anticholesterolemic, chologogue, antianaphylactic, antispasmodic, astringent, expectorant, hemostatic, antiangiogenic, antitumour, antimetastic, antibacterial, antifungal, antidiarrheal, antidysenteric, febrifuge, diuretic, antidepressant (baicalin)
Its antimicrobial effect is a strong antiviral: H1N1, influenza, HIV-1, hepatitis A and B and C, coliphage.
Uses for mycoplasma or coinfections: respiratory infections, pneumonia, CNS infections (meningitis, encephalitis, mycoplasma, Lyme, etc), impaired brain function, fevers, GIT disorders with inflammation, urinary tract infection (UTI), pyogenic infection of the skin (HCH p.295), decreases the permeability of the capillaries (HCH p.296), insomnia (sedative with melatonin), diarrhoea, dysentery, liver and kidney inflammation, nervous irritability, epileptic seizures, convulsions, sleep problems and insomnia, cancer support.
Constituents: over 781 different compounds, with 27 different antimicrobial compounds. All are strongly anti-inflammatory, antiviral and antitumour, in action. Contains high level of antioxidant melatonin (7mcg/g); helps with the sleep cycle normalisation.
Specific for protecting the brain and CNS and other organs affected by mycoplasma.
Strongly protective in the brain (wogonin); oxidative damage, neuroinflammation, memory impairments.
Stimulates the formation of red blood cells and their precursors.
Increased T-lymphocytes in lung cancer patients, increased hemopoiesis and immune markers.
Reduces blood pressure (hypertension).
With Bupleurum useful to treat CNS neurodegeneration.