Ju County Baical Skullcap

Ju County Baical Skullcap

Ju County Baical Skullcap is a geographical indication certification trademark.

Ju County Baical Skullcap is a geographical indication agricultural product.

　　Baical skullcap, also known as mountain tea root or native gold tea root, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Scutellaria in the Lamiaceae family. It features thick, fleshy rhizomes, stiffly papery leaves that are lanceolate to linear-lanceolate in shape, and terminal racemes on stems and branches. The corolla is purple, purplish-red to blue, with flat filaments, a slender style, a ring-shaped disk, brown ovaries, and ovoid nutlets. The flowering and fruiting period is from July to September.

　　The root of baical skullcap is used in medicine. It has a bitter taste and cold nature, and is known for its effects such as clearing heat and drying dampness, purging fire and detoxifying, stopping bleeding, and calming the fetus. It is mainly used to treat febrile diseases, upper respiratory tract infections, lung heat cough, damp-heat jaundice, pneumonia, dysentery, hemoptysis, bloodshot eyes, fetal restlessness, hypertension, boils, and abscesses. Clinically, baical skullcap shows better antibacterial properties than coptis and does not produce drug resistance.

　　Ju County Baical Skullcap

　　Medicinal Herb

　　Shandong

　　Ju County Kushan Traditional Chinese Medicine Association

　　Covering 15 towns (streets) under the jurisdiction of Ju County, including Kushan Township, Dongguan Town, Qishan Town, Sangyuan Town, Luhe Town, Qiaoshan Town, Xiazhuang Town, Zhailihe Town, Liujiaguanzhuang Town, Longshan Town, Changling Town, Lingyang Town, Zhaoxian Town, Chengyang Subdistrict, and Dianzijizhen Town. The geographical coordinates are between 118°35′ to 119°06′ east longitude and 35°19′ to 36°02′ north latitude.