Dried Scutellaria Root Slices Huang Qin 500g Chinese Herbal Tea and Decoction Pieces

Dried Scutellaria Root Slices, known in TCM as Huang Qin (黄芩), from Scutellaria baicalensis. These cut root slices are a classic Chinese herbal ingredient traditionally valued for their bitter flavor and cooling nature, associated in TCM theory with clearing heat. Suitable for herbal tea, decoctions, or grinding into powder. Store frozen to maintain freshness.

Key Selling Points

• Identified in TCM as Huang Qin 黄芩 from Scutellaria baicalensis root
• New-crop dried root slices cut for convenient brewing and decocting
• Traditionally associated with a bitter flavor and cooling nature in TCM
• Can be brewed as herbal tea, simmered in decoctions, or ground into powder
• 500g pack sold as a food-grade agricultural product

Quality & Sensory

Typically golden to yellow-brown slices with a firm, dry texture and a faint earthy aroma. When brewed or decocted, the liquid typically takes on a yellow tone with a distinctly bitter, cleansing taste.

Technical Specifications

Usage Scenarios

• Brew as a single-herb tea or blend with other cooling herbs
• Simmer in traditional herbal decoctions
• Grind into powder for culinary or herbal use
• Add to seasonal herbal soups under traditional practice

Traditional Uses

In TCM practice, Huang Qin is traditionally used in heat-clearing formulas and is often paired with herbs such as Huang Lian and Huang Bai, together known as the three yellow herbs. It has also been simmered alone or with chrysanthemum and honeysuckle as a seasonal cooling tea, and ground into powder for traditional preparations.

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