Detailed Product Description

  Baikal skullcap root extract(Scutellaria baicalesis; Baicalin)

95% Baicalin , CAS NO.:94279-99-9

Scutellaria baicalensis was among seven ingredients in a combination oral herbal product  that was used to treat prostate cancer.

Other combination formulas containing Scutellaria baicalensis are used in Asian medicine to improve impaired brain function and to treat headaches.

Baikal skullcap is commonly used in Chinese herbalism, where it is considered to be one of the 50 fundamental herbs and is used primarily in treating "hot and damp" conditions such as dysentery and diarrhoea.

It has been used medicinally for over 2,000 years and recent research has found that the roots contain flavonoids that greatly enhance liver function and also have anti-inflammatory and antiallergenic effects.

The root is anodyne, antibacterial, anticholesterolemic, antipyretic, antispasmodic, astringent, cholagogue, diuretic, expectorant, febrifuge, haemostatic, laxative, nervine, mildly sedative, stomachic and tonic .

It reputedly calms the foetus in pregnant women. The root is used internally in the treatment of enteritis, dysentery, diarrhoea, jaundice, chronic hepatitis, urinary tract infections, hypertension, threatened miscarriage, nosebleed and haemorrhage from the lungs or bowel.

 It is one of the ingredients of the Chinese drug 'injection of three yellow herbs'.

The root is harvested in the autumn or spring from plants 3 - 4 years old and is dried for later use.

The seed is used to cleanse the bowels of blood and pus.