Botanical Index No. 71

Baical Skullcap

scutellaria baicalensis

Medicinal Actions

Analgesic, Antiaggregant, Antiallergic, Antialzheimeran, Antiarthritic, Antibacterial, Anticancer, Antiepileptic, Antihistaminic, Antiinflammatory, Antioxidant, Antipyretic, Antiradicular, Antiseptic, Antispasmodic, Antiviral, Astringent, Cholagogue, Choleretic, Cytotoxic, Diuretic, Fungicide, Hematonic, Hypotensive, Immunostimulant, Lipolytic, Nephroprotective, Neuroprotective, Sedative

Primary Conditions Treated

Aldose-Reductase-Inhibitor Aperitif Bitter COX-2-Inhibitor Hemostat Phosphodiesterase-Inhibitor Phospholipase-Inhibitor Acne Aging Allergy Alzheimer’s Anorexia Arthrosis Asthma Atherosclerosis Autoimmune Disease Bacteria Bleeding Bronchosis Burn Cancer Cataract Chemotherapy Cholecystosis Cold Conjunctivosis Cough Cramp Diabetes Diarrhea Dysentery Eczema Enterosis Epilepsy Epistaxis Fever Flu Fungus Gastrosis Gingivosis Headache Hepatosis High Blood Pressure HIV Immunodepression Infection Inflammation Insomnia Jaundice Leukemia Mycosis Nephrosis Nervousness Obesity Pain Periodontosis Pneumonia Pregnancy Pulmonosis Respirosis Rhinosis Scarlet Fever Sore Staphylococcus Swelling Thirst Tonsilosis Urticaria Virus Water Retention Wound

General Dosage

3–10 g/day; 3–9 g root/day; 2–6 g dry root/day or 4–12 ml fluid extract.

Safety & Contraindications

Class 1. Rating 4. Not indexed by Commission E; may be additive with other anticoagulants, like warfarin. Extracts — Decoction LD50 >10,000 mg/kg orl rabbit; LD50 baicalin 3081 mg/kg ivn mouse. Decoction sedative at 10,000 mg/kg orally in rabbits; tincture sedative at 2000 mg/kg intravenously in rabbits. My only quantified sources of the COX-2 inhibitor, baicalein.

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