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What are the medicinal values of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi?
Scutellaria baicalensis, also known as camellia root and Scutellaria baicalensis tea, is a perennial herb of Scutellaria in Labiatae. Taking root as medicine, the main effective component is baicalin, which has the functions of clearing away heat and promoting diuresis, cooling blood and preventing miscarriage, diminishing inflammation and resisting cancer. Indications: fever, common cold, red eyes, swelling and pain, hematemesis, epistaxis, cough due to lung heat, hepatitis, damp-heat jaundice, hypertension, headache, enteritis, dysentery, restless fetus, carbuncle, furuncle, ulcer, burn and scald, and prevention of scarlet fever.

The decoction has inhibitory effects on streptococcus A, pneumococcus, meningococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, diphtheria, mycobacterium tuberculosis, Vibrio cholerae, Shigella dysenteriae and Candida albicans.

Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi is an important raw material in pharmaceutical industry, such as "Yinhuang Oral Liquid" and "Yinhuang Buccal Tablet", and its main component is Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi extract. There is great demand at home and abroad.

Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi is mainly produced in Shanxi, Hebei, Liaoning, Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Heilongjiang and other places, as well as most areas north of the Yangtze River.