All - Grass of Barbed Skullcap, Barbated Skullcap Herb
Scutellariae Barbatae Herba, Herba Scutellariae Barbatae
Ban Zhi Lian

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; bitter; cold

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To remove toxic heat, and to cause diuresis.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Heat toxin swollen welling abscess, throat pain, pulmonary welling abscess, intestinal welling abscess, scrofula, poisonous snake bite, knocks and falls, blood ejection, spontaneous external bleeding, blood strangury, edema, ascites, carcinoma.