Scutellaria barbata
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| Scutellaria barbata | |
| Light: |   |
| Moisture: |  |
| Soil pH: | 5.6-8.4 |
| Height: | 1' |
| Blooms: | Late Spring-Mid Summer |
| Native to: | |
| Medicinal Rating: | |
| Tea: | Yes |
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Scutellaria barbata (common name: barbed skullcap)
Cultivation: 238351
Range: E. Asia - China, Japan, Korea.
Habitat: Fertile and moist areas along the margins of rice paddy fields, streamsides and wet grasslands to 2,000 metres[1][2].
Medicinal: Used as a detoxicant, mainly in the treatment of certain types of cancer, liver diseases, pharyngitis and poisonous bites[3].
Depurative, diuretic, febrifuge[1].
The juice of the plant is applied to wounds[4].
Soil: Can grow in light, medium, and heavy soils.
Seed Ripens: Early Summer-Late Summer
Flower Type: Hermaphrodite
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Revolutionary Health Committee of Hunan Province. A Barefoot Doctors Manual. Running Press.
- ↑ Flora of China. 1994.
- ↑ Bown, Deni. Royal Horticultural Society Encyclopaedia of Herbs and Their Uses. Dorling Kindersley, 1995.
- ↑ Manandhar, Narayan. Plants and People of Nepal. Timber Press, 2002.