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Chinese Skullcap
Scutellaria baicalensis
Chinese Skullcap · Huang Qin · Baikal Skullcap · Baikal skullcap · Baikal-Helmkraut · Baikal-Helmkraut (DE) · Bajkala skutelario · Chinese skullcap · Chinesisches Helmkraut · Hoàng cầm · baikalglidkruid · baikalinvuohennokka · chinesisches Helmkraut · huang qin · hwanggeum · praktfrossört
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Japan*, China, JP, KP, TW
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Antihistamine, Antiphlogistic, Bactericide, Cancer(Cervix)
Science studied: BAICALEIN, BAICALIN, BAICALIN-7-GLUCURONIDE, CALCIUM
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Lamiaceae
Scientific name: Scutellaria baicalensis
Common names: Chinese Skullcap, Huang Qin, Baikal Skullcap, Baikal skullcap, Baikal-Helmkraut, Baikal-Helmkraut (DE), Bajkala skutelario, Chinese skullcap, Chinesisches Helmkraut, Hoàng cầm, baikalglidkruid, baikalinvuohennokka, chinesisches Helmkraut, huang qin, hwanggeum, praktfrossört
POWO: 458155-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, Japan*, China, JP, KP, TW.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Antihistamine
- Antiphlogistic
- Bactericide
- Cancer(Cervix)
- Cancer(Glands)
- Cancer(Pharynx)
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Cancer(Thyroid)
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- Cancer
- Conjunctivitis
- Constipation
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Eczema
- Fetus
- Fever
- Hypertension
- Jaundice
- Leukemia
- Mastitis
- Medicine
- Nausea
- Restlessness
- Sedative
- Stomachic
- Trachoma
- Viricide
- Antiabortifacient
- Diarrhea
- Sore
- Tera
- Boil
- Cancer(Lymphatic)
- Cardiotonic
- Choleretic
- Cough
- Epistaxis
- Expectorant
- Febrifuge
- Flu
- Gonorrhea
- Hypoglycemia
- Cancer(Nose)
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
- Japan*
- China
- JP
- KP
- TW
Documented cultural uses
- Antihistamine
- Antiphlogistic
- Bactericide
- Cancer(Cervix)
- Cancer(Glands)
- Cancer(Pharynx)
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Cancer(Thyroid)
- Cancer
- Conjunctivitis
- Constipation
- Diuretic
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- Dysentery
- Eczema
- Fetus
- Fever
- Hypertension
- Jaundice
- Leukemia
- Mastitis
- Medicine
- Nausea
- Restlessness
- Sedative
- Stomachic
- Trachoma
- Viricide
- Antiabortifacient
- Diarrhea
- Sore
- Tera
- Boil
- Cancer(Lymphatic)
- Cardiotonic
- Choleretic
- Cough
- Epistaxis
- Expectorant
- Febrifuge
- Flu
- Gonorrhea
- Hypoglycemia
- Cancer(Nose)
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Antihistamine · Elsewhere · "
- Antiphlogistic · Japan* · "
- Bactericide · China · "
- Cancer(Cervix) · China · "
- Cancer(Glands) · China · "
- Cancer(Pharynx) · China · "
- Cancer(Stomach) · China · "
- Cancer(Thyroid) · China · "
- Cancer · Elsewhere · "
- Conjunctivitis · China · "
- Constipation · China · "
- Diuretic · China · "
- Diuretic · Elsewhere · "
- Dysentery · China · "
- Eczema · China · "
- Fetus · China · "
- Fever · China · "
- Hypertension · China · "
- Jaundice · China · "
- Leukemia · China · "
- Mastitis · China · "
- Medicine · China · "
- Nausea · China · "
- Restlessness · China · "
22 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Correlation of microspore development period and floral organ morphology of Scutellaria baicalensis · 2026 source ↗
- Scutellaria baicalensis straw improves nutritional and flavor quality of mutton via regulating the expression of IMP-related genes · 2026 source ↗
- Integrative Medicine for Liver Fibrosis: Bioactive Constituents and Therapeutic Potential of Scutellaria baicalensis. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- BAICALEIN
- BAICALIN
- BAICALIN-7-GLUCURONIDE
- CALCIUM
- CARTHAMIDIN
- DIHYDROOROXYLIN
- HUANGQIN
- ISOCARTHAMIDIN
- ISOWOGONIN
- KOGANEBANAIN
- MAGNESIUM
- MANGANESE
- OROXYLIN-A
- (2R,3R)-2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXYFLAVONONE
- POTASSIUM
- SODIUM
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- STIGMASTEROL
- 5,7,2',5'-TETRAHYDROXY-8,6'-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- 5,7,2'-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE
- 5,2',5'-TRIHYDROXY-6,7,8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- WOGONIN-7-O-GLUCURONIDE
- MERCURY
- ARSENIC
- BAICALEIN-7-O-BETA-O-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- COPPER
- D-GLUCOSE
- BAICALEIN-7-O-GLUCOSIDE
- CAMPESTEROL
- DIHYDROBAICALIN
- IRON
- NEOBAICALEIN
- SKULLCAPFLAVONE-I
- SUCROSE
- 2S-2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONONE
- ZINC
- 5,7,2'-TRIHYDROXY-8-METHOXYFLAVONE
- BAICALIN-A
- BENZOIC-ACID
- ISOSCUTELLAREIN-8-O-GLUCURONIDE
- WOGONOSIDE
- CHRYSIN
- 2-PENTYL-FURAN
- 3-PHENYL-FURAN
- 4-METHOXY-ACETOPHENONE
- 4-METHOXY-BENZALDEHYDE
- 4-PHENYL-BUT-CIS-3-EN-2-ONE
- 4-PHENYL-BUT-TRANS-3-EN-2-ONE
- 5-METHYL-FUR-2-ALDEHYDE
- 7-METHOXY-BAICALEIN
- ACETIC-ACID
- ACETOPHENONE
- ALPHA-CUBEBENE
- APIGENIN
- APIGENIN-7-O-GLUCURONIDE
- ARGININE
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- BAICALEIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- BAICALEIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- BAICALEIN-GLUCOSIDE
- BAICALIN-GLUCURONIDE
- BAICALIN-METHYL-ESTER
- BAICALINASE
- BENZYL-O-BETA-D-APIOFURANOSYL-(1,2)-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- BETA-DAMASCONE
- BETA-ELEMENE
- BETA-EUDESMOL
- BUTA-1,3-DIENYLBENZENE
- CHRYSIN-6-C-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE-8-C-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- CHRYSIN-6-C-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- CHRYSIN-6-C-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-8-C-ALPHA-L-ARABINOSIDE
- CHRYSIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- CHRYSIN-8-C-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- CNIDILIDE
- CYCLOOCTA-1,3,5,7-TETRAENE
- DARENDROSIDE-A
- DARENDROSIDE-B
- DAUCOSTEROL
- DECANOIC-ACID
- ELEMICIN
- EUGENOL
- HEXAHYDROFARNESYL-ACETONE
- FERRUGINOL
- FLUORIDE
- ISOEUGENOL
- N-DOCOSANE
- N-DODECANE
- N-EICOSANE
- NEOCNIDILIDE
- O-CRESOL
- P-CRESOL
- PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE
- PHENYLALANINE
- TRANS-CARYOPHYLLENE
- 2-HYDROXYACETOPHENONE
- 2,3-DIHYDROBENZOFURAN
- 2-METHYL-BENZYL-ALCOHOL
- 2-PHENYL-BUTAN-2-ONE
- 1-PHENYL-BUTANE-1,3-DIONE
- 2,2',4',6-TETRAHYDROXY-6'-METHOXYCHALCONE
- (-)-ERODICTYOL
- 2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXY-2(R),3(R)-FLAVANONE
- 2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXYFLAVANONE
- 2',3,5,6',7-PENTAMETHOXYFLAVANONE
- 2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXY-2(S)-FLAVANONE
- 2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE
- 2',5,6'-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE
- 2(S),2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVANONE
- 4',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6-METHOXY-FLAVANONE
- 2',3',5,7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE
- 2',3,5,6',7-PENTAHYDROXYFLAVONE
- 2',5,5',7-TETRAHYDROXY-6',8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- 2',5,5',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE
- 2',5,5'-TRIHYDROXY-6,7,8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- 2',5,5'-TRIHYDROXY-7,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- 2',5,6',7-TETRAHYDROXYFLAVONE
- 2',5,6'-TRIHYDROXY-7,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- 2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6',8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- 2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6',8-TRIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- 2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-6'-METHOXYFLAVONE
- 2',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-8-METHOXYFLAVONE
- 2',5,7-TRIHYDROXYFLAVONE
- 2',5,8-TRIHYDROXY-6,7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- 4',5,7-TRIHYDROXY-8-METHOXYFLAVONE
- 5,7-DIHYDROXY-6-METHOXYFLAVONE
- 5,8-DIHYDROXY-6,7-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- 5-HYDROXY-7,8-DIMETHOXYFLAVONE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- DIHYDROOROXYLIN-A
- NORWOGONIN
- SKULLCAPFLAVONE-II
- WOGONIN
- 2-FORMYL-PYRROLE
- 3-PHENYL-PROP-2-EN-1-AL
- 4-ETHENYLGUAIACOL
- ACETYLPYRROLE
- BUTYLIDENE-PHTHALIDE
- DICHLOROOROXYLIN-A
- GANHUANGENIN
- GERANYL-ACETONE
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- GLYCINE
- GUAIACOL
- HEDYOTOL-C-4''-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- HEDYOTOL-D-4''-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- HEPTANOIC-ACID
- HEXANO-4-LACTONE
- INDOLE
- ISOMARTYNOSIDE
- ISOSCUTELLAREIN
- LEUCINE
- LEUCOSCEPTOSIDE-A
- LIGUSTILIDE
- LINALOOL
- LYSINE
- MALTOL
- MELATONIN
- METHIONINE
- N-BUTYLPHTHALIDE
- N-HENEICOSANE
- N-HEPTACOSANE
- N-HEPTADECANE
- N-HEXACOSANE
- N-HEXADECANE
- N-NONADECANE
- N-OCTADECANE
- N-PENTACOSANE
- N-PENTADECANE
- N-TETRACOSANE
- N-TETRADECANE
- N-TRICOSANE
- N-TRIDECANE
- NONANOIC-ACID
- OCHRACIN
- OCTANOIC-ACID
- OLEIC-ACID
- OROXYLIN
- OROXYLIN-A-7-O-GLUCURONIDE
- OROXYLIN-A-7-O-GLUCURONIDE-METHYL-ESTER
- OROXYLIN-A-GLUCURONIDE
- PAEONOL
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- PHENOL
- PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL
- PHTHALIC-ACID-DIBUTYL-ESTER
- PHTHALIC-ACID-DIOCTYL-ESTER
- PROLINE
- RIVULARIN
- SALIDROSIDE
- SALVIGENIN
- SCUTEBAICALIN
- SCUTELLAREIN
- SCUTELLARIN
- SENKYUNOLIDE
- SERINE
- STEARIC-ACID
- SYRINGARESINOL-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- TERPINEN-4-OL
- TETRADECANOIC-ACID
- THREONINE
- VANILLIN
- VERBASCOSIDE
- VISCIDULIN-III
- VISCIDULIN-III-2'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- WOGONIN-5-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- WOGONIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE
- WOGONIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCURONIDE-METHYL-ESTER
- WOGONIN-7-O-D-GLUCURONIDE
- WOGONIN-7-O-GLUCURONIC-ACID
- WOGONIN-7-O-GLUCURONIDE-METHYL-ESTER
- WOGONIN-GLUCURONIDE
- 2'-METHYLSKULLCAPFLAVONE
- (+)-5,5'-DIMETHOXYLARICIRESINOL
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
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- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
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