Huang Qin Baical Skullcap Root, Scutellaria - Chinese Herbal Medicine

• Resuscitates, clears heat, calms shen, and expels phelgm - coma arising from stroke, convulsions, loss of consciousness.

• Do not take this formula when pregnant.

• Distension and fullness of the epigastrium usually without pain.
• Borborygmus (gurgling sounds), and diarrhea if spleen qi is affected.
• Vomiting with possible dry heaves due to rebellious stomach qi.

Do not use for epigastric distention due to food stagnation.  Use with caution if patient has yin deficiency.

• Palpitations, anxiety, restlessness, agitation/irritibility, and insomnia from heat due to liver yang or fire.
• Mental disorders such as including biopolar and schizophrenia resulting from distrubed shen.
• Symptoms of addiction recovery: cravings, anxiety, mood swings etc.

• Acid reflux and/or burning sensation in the epigastrium, throat, or mouth from stomach fire.
• Ulcers, sores, or other types of abcess in the mouth due to persistent stomach heat.
• Constant sense of hunger or noticable increse in appetite.
• Commonly used to treat bad breath (halitosis).

• High fever with aversion to cold.
• Thick phlemg that may be both in sinus and chest.
• Vertigo or dizziness that is caused by excess heat.
• Rashes, carbuncles, and other types of skin disorders that are caused by heat.
• Constipation and scanty or dark urine.

• Contraindicated for pregnancy.
• Use with caution for patients presenting with loose stools or diarrhea.

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• Hypochondriac pain, bitter taste in the mouth, irritability, easily angered, headache, dizziness, red, and possibly sore, eyes resulting from liver fire rising.
• Urinary symptoms such as painful, hot urination perhaps with swollen genitalia, dark and/or turbid urine from damp heat accumulation in the lower jiao.
• Leukorrhea of yellow color with a strong odor.

• Not for long term use.
• Not for patients who present with yin, yang, and/or blood deficiency.
• Use with caution with patients that present with spleen qi deficiency.

• Cough with thick yellow or green phlegm, difficulty breathing, wheezing, and possible fullness of the chest due to damp heat accumulation in the lungs.

• Headaches, vertigo, dizziness, tinnitis, floaters or blurry vision, insomnia as a result of liver yang rising. 
• Siezures, spasms, convulsions or other types of involuntary muscle activity due to liver wind.

• Use with caution with patients presenting with yin deficiency.

• Shao Yang Syndrome (or "lesser yang stage") - alternating fever and chills, hypochondriac pain, irritability, bitter taste in mouth, poor appetite, nausea.  Often used for illnesses (chronic or short-term) such as the flu, etc. that have "cleared" but not completely.  People will describe not feeling quite right or having a range of low level symptoms for months or longer after a particular illness.  Instead of fever and chills alternating they may manifest with cold extremities and warm interior or other variations.
• A range of liver related conditions including malaria, jaundice, hepatitis, liver cancer, meniere's disease, general protection from medicines that may harm the liver, etc. among issues with other digestive organs - pancreatitis, stomatitis, gastritis.
• Liver/speen disharmonies resulting in broader issues such as depression, chronic fatigue syndrome, menstrual irregularities (PMS, cramping, etc.).
• Other general immune issues such as the common cold, flu, tonsillitis, general seasonal allergies with the right underlying factors.

• Use with caution with yin and/or blood deficiencies.
• Avoid cold, raw, and spicy foods while taking xiao chai hu tang.

Signs of damp-heat with interior clumping which may settle into the abdominal region and/or rise upward to the head.  Fever, irritability, red eyes, constipation, dark urine, flushed face - middle warmer issues - jaundice, dysentery, tongue/mouth ulcers.

Pulse will be be wiry and rapid and the Tongue will be red, swollen with a yellow greasy tongue coating.

• Colds and/or allergies with heat signs (yellow mucus and/or fever, etc.).
• Chronic sinus congestions / issues, chronic sinusitis, chronic rhinitis, loss of smell.
• Nasal polyps with the right underlying factors.
• Difficult to resolve sinus issues with thick, sticky mucus.
• Headaches from sinus congestion.

• May not be appropriate with heat signs from lung yin deficiency.

• Hemorrhoids and/or constipation from an accumulation of damp-heat and toxins in the lower jiao - possibly bleeding hemorrhoids, pain, rectal prolapse, anal itching.
• With the right underlying factors may also be useful for vaginal bleeding with abdominal pain, possibly with dark clots.

• Bell's Palsy, facial paralysis, slurry of speech, difficulty swallowing.
• Stroke, Transient Ischemic Attack.