ABSTRACT
This herb is the whole plant of Scutellaria barbata D. Don of the family Labiatae. It is grown in the Fujian, Guangdong, Guanxi, Jiangsu, Sichuan, and Zhejiang provinces of southern China. Harvested in June, it is cleaned, cut into sections, and dried or the fresh herb is used (Jiang Su New Medical College, 1977). Scute barbata is an antipyretic, detoxicant, diuretic and Heat-Damp eliminator agent. The herb has been used to treat chronic hepatitis, snakebites, hepatomegaly, and cancers (Dong et al., 1998; Wang, 1994). https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203050040/86743b54-459f-4502-a9f1-33f21b13726a/content/figpg550_001_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
