Plant Details

Accepted name:: Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
baical skullcap	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
baical skullcap extract	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
baical skullcap root	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
baikal skullcap	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chinese skullcap	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chinese skullcap root	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
chinesisches helmkraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
extractum scutellariae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
extractum scutellariae siccus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
hoàng cầm	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
huang chin	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
huang cin	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
huang lien	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
huang qin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
huang quin	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
huangqin	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
huangqin tiquwu	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
huáng cén	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
huáng jīn chá	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
huángqín	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
hwang-keum	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
hwanggeum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hwanggum	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
koganebana	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
kōng xīn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
powdered scutellaria root	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
praktfrossört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
radix scutellariae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
scullcap	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
scute	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
scutellaire du lac baîkal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
scutellari radix	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
scutellaria	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
scutellaria root	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
scutellariae baicalensis radix	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
scutellariae baicalensis root	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
scutellariae radix	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
scutellariae radix pulverata	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
senohgon	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
skull cap	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
skullcap	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
sogsseogeunpul	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
whang-geum	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
whangegum	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
wogon	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
オウゴン	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
オウゴン末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
空心草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黃芩	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
黄岑	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄芩	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
黄芩子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄金茶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
root		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
skullcap	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Herb		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Root		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
roots		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
root		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root	dried root	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
Roots		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Whole plant		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
root	extract prepared from dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root	root, periderm removed	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
root	Dried, peeled, usually fragmented root, without rootlets, collected in spring or autumn	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root	root, the root from which the periderm has been removed	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Scutellaria macrantha Fisch. ex Rchb. Iconogr. Bot. Pl. Crit. 5: 52 (1827).
Scutellaria adamsii A.Ham. Esq. Monogr. Scutellaria: 34 (1832).
Scutellaria baicalensis f. albiflora H.W.Jen & Y.J.Chang J. Beijing Forest. Univ. 13(3): 3 (1991).
Scutellaria davurica Pall. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 3: 397 (1849).
Scutellaria lanceolaria Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 110 (1865).
Scutellaria speciosa Fisch. ex Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 24(II): 389 (1851).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Scutellaria baicalensis	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Scutellaria macrantha Fischer	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
scutellaria baicalensis Georgi	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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