Scutellaria and Dipsacus Decoction，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Clears heat and stabilizes the pregnancy. Suitable for threatened miscarriage due to blood heat, characterized by fetal movement and abdominal pain, bright-colored spotting, flushed face and red lips, dry mouth and restlessness, heat in the palms, reddish-yellow urine, a red tongue with a yellow coating, and a slippery, rapid pulse.
Scutellaria and Dipsacus Decoction
Herbal Tea Name: Scutellaria and Dipsacus Decoction
Chinese Name: 黄芩续断饮
Formula
10 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 30 grams of Dipsacus asper, and 15 grams of white sugar.Main Ingredients
How To Make
Rinse the Scutellaria and Dipsacus, place them in a clay pot with an appropriate amount of water, bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce to low heat and simmer until it becomes a thick decoction. Stir in the white sugar to serve.
Efficacy
Clears heat and stabilizes the pregnancy. Suitable for threatened miscarriage due to blood heat, characterized by fetal movement and abdominal pain, bright-colored spotting, flushed face and red lips, dry mouth and restlessness, heat in the palms, reddish-yellow urine, a red tongue with a yellow coating, and a slippery, rapid pulse.
Usage
Consume in the morning and evening.
Commentary
Taking Scutellaria baicalensis (Huang-qin) as the leading herb, the formula draws on its bitter flavor and cold property: it travels through the Lung, Gallbladder, Stomach meridians and works to clear heat and dry dampness. Dipsacus asper (Xu-duan) joins as the supporting deputy, bitter, pungent-slightly warm in property, acting through the Liver, Kidney meridians to tonify the liver and kidney, strengthen sinews and bones, calm the fetus. White sugar (Bai-tang) acts as the coordinating (envoy) herb, working to moisten and harmonize the formula and unite the separate actions into one. United, the ingredients clear heat and stabilizes the pregnancy, addressing the root disturbance of the blood and heat pattern.