| [English Name] | Barbed Skullcap Herb | |
| [Chinese Name] | 半枝莲 | |
| [Pinying Name] | Banzhilian | |
| [Latin Name] | Scutellariae Barbatae Herba | |
| [Genera] | Labiatae | |
| [Efficacy] | Antipyretic drug | |
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| [Ecology] | It commonly in ditch side 、field side and dank area beside road.It grows badly in too dry soil. Barbed Skullcap Herb prefers warm and moist climate,no strict damand of soil. | |
| [Chemical composition] | This plant contains flavone carthamidin, iso-carthamidin, scutellarein, scutellarin, wogonin, rivularin, scutervulin, naringenin, hispidulin, eriodictyol, 5,7,4′-trihydroxy-6-methoxy flavanone, 4′-hydroxywogonin, 7-hydroxy-5,8-dimethoxy flavone[1], scutellarein, scutellarin[2,3], 4′-hydroxywogonin[4], luteolin, apigenin[5], apigenin-7-O-β-glucoside, ethyl-7-O-apigenin-glucuronate, apigenin-7-O-neohesperidoside[6], 6-hydroxycoumarin)[7]; organic acid: p-coumaric aicd, protocatechuic acid, ursolic acid[1], vanillic acid, isovanillic acid[17], benzoic acid, cinnamic acid, chlorogenic acid[8]; It also contains E-1-(4′-hydroxyphenyl)-butylene-3-one[9], SBP[10], scutebarbatine A[11], menthol, linalool, α-terpineol, thymol[12]. |
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| [Clinical trial] | Banzhilian (Scutellariabarbata) 1 Chronic gastritis: There were diagnosis and treatment based on Traditional Chinese Medicine Banzhilian(Scutellaria barbata) and baihuashe (Oldenlandia diffusa) of 87 patients,16cases of stomach-heat syndrome combined with shigao(gypsum), shihu (dendrobium), etc.; liver-stomach disharmony were 21, plus chaihu ( Bupleurum, Cyperusrotundus) for soothing liver and harmonizing stomach; spleen-stomach deficiencywere 17 cases, added the shashen (ladybell), maidong (Radix ophiopogonis) fornourishing gastritis; the deficiency-cold in six cases with temperature andcold-dispelling gas emitted pain to addliangjiang(galangal), xiangfu (Cyperus rotundus), spleen-stomachdeficiency of 19 cases, plus dangshen(Codonopsis) and chaobaizhu (Atractylodes)for filling in the spleen, 8 cases of blood stasis, adding danshen(Salvia) andbaishao (peony root) for promoting bloodcirculation, swallowing sanqi (panax notoginseng) powder 6g orYunnanbaiyao 3g every time, 2 times a day. Results: The effectiverate was 100%, the cure rate was 89.7%. 46 cases in the control grouptaking Western medicine domperidone, Gastric Mucin, amoxicillin doing the samecourse of treatment, the effective rate was 82.2%, the cure rate was54.3%. The treatment group were significantly higher than the controlgroup of the efficient and cure rate (P <0.01) [1]. 2. Hematuria: The banzhilian soup (banzhilian(Scutellaria barbata) 15~30g (based-medicine), zhimu (Anemarrhena) l0g, huangbo(Treats) 12g, huangqi (astragalus) 15~30g, hanliancao (Eclipta) 15g, shanyurou(cornus) 10g, baimaogen (Rhizoma Imperatae) 30g) , distinguishing sicknessand treatment 65 cases with hematuria: the lower burner damp-heat patients wereadded mutong (akebia), qumai (Dianthussuperbus)，etc; fire excess from yin deficiency patients were added raw shudi(Rehmannia), nvzizheng (Ligustrum lucidum), etc; both spleen and kidneydeficiency type were added shanyao(yams) and baizhu (Atractylodes), etc;Urinary calculus patients were added jinqiancao(desmodium), jineijin(Endothelium Corneum Gigeriae galli),etc; with blood stasis patients were addeddanshen (salviae miltiorrhizae), tianqi (Panax Notoginseng); with deficiency ofblood plus danggui (Angelica), ejiao (donkey-hide glue). Daily 1 agent withwater fried) for patients. Results: 5 cases were clinical cure, l7 cases weremarkedly effective, 10 cases were effective, 3 cases were invalid, the totaleffective rate was 95.4% [2]. 3. Furuncle of nose: Using banzhilian (cutellariabarbata), xiaoyeqing each 2 fresh whole plants,weighing about 3 ~ 5g, washed with water, smashed drunk, by adding the rightamount of 75% alcohol, mixed 2 drops of Azone, deposited on the uplift department of furuncle swollen surface, every 4h change one , 3 days a course to determine theefficacy. Results:cured 31 cases, 2 cases improved, and 3 cases invalid, the total effective ratewas 91.67% [3]. <!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--> <!--[endif]--> |
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| [Properties] | Taste: bitter, pungent; property: cold; belong to lung, kidney and liver channels. |
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| [Medical and other Uses] | Function: clearing away the heat-evil and removing toxic agents, eliminating wetness, dissipating blood stasis and arresting bleeding, inducing diuresis to reduce edema. Syndromes to be treated: sore throat, lung abscess, appendicitis, toxic heat, carbuncles, snake bites, bruises, nose bleeding, vomiting, discredited, edema, ascites. |
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| [Dosage] | Oral administration: decoction 15～ Topical application: in right amount, smashed and smear on the skin. |
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| [Cautions] | Be carefully to be used in the Physically weak patient and pregnant women. |
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1. Chronic nephritis edema 2. Carbuncle, deep-rooted carbuncle and furunculosis 3. Sore throat 4. Hematemesis, hemoptysis, blood strangury and traumatic hemorrhage 5. Hepatitis 6. Venomous snake bite 7. Leukorrhea |
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