About Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi
Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, commonly known as Baikal skullcap or Chinese skullcap, is a species of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family. It is native to China, Korea, Mongolia, and the Russian Far East and Siberia regions of Russia. There have been several reports and small case series of acute liver injury with jaundice that develop 1 to 3 months after starting herbal or dietary supplements containing S. baicalensis. This species is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine, where it is known as huángqín (Chinese: 黄芩). In traditional Chinese medicine, the term huang qin usually refers to the dried root of S. baicalensis Georgi, S. viscidula Bge., S. amoena C.H. Wright, and S. ikoninkovii Ju.
