medicinal herbs
Barbed Skullcap
Scutellaria barbata
Herb: Barbed Skullcap
Latin name: Scutellaria barbata
Family: Labiatae
Medicinal use of Barbed Skullcap:
Used as a detoxicant, mainly in the treatment of certain types of cancer, liver diseases, pharyngitis and poisonous bites. Depurative, diuretic, febrifuge. The juice of the plant is applied to wounds.Description of the plant:
Plant:
AnnualHeight:
45 cm(1 foot)
Flowering:
May toJuly
Habitat of the herb:
Fertile and moist areas along the margins of rice paddy fields, streamsides and wet grasslands to 2,000 metres.Cultivation of Barbed Skullcap:
Fertile and moist areas along the margins of rice paddy fields, streamsides and wet grasslands to 2,000 metres.Known hazards of Scutellaria barbata:
None knownPlant information taken from the Plants For A Future.