Baicalin for beginners: Four benefits people are going crazy over!

"If you’re new to the world of Baicalin, you may be wondering what the best uses of baicalin are. In this article, we’ll explain why you can take baicalin for a number of health benefits. But first, let’s talk about what baicalin really is (it’s pronounced “bay-co-lin”). Baicalin is the active compound found in an ancient Chinese medicinal plant called the Chinese Skullcap. The Chinese traditional herbalists have used Baicalin since ancient times, for a number of therapies. You can use Baicalin for a number of health benefits, including Baicalin for healthy sleep, pain relief, reducing stress, and skin protection. [caption id=""attachment_821"" align=""alignright"" width=""640""] Baicalin helps promote relaxation[/caption] We’ll look at the top benefits for Baicalin, but if you’re interested in a more detailed description, please read through our article here.  

1. Baicalin for sleep: Enhances REM cycles

You can use baicalin to aid in healthy, restful sleep. Sleeping is a very important aspect of our lives. Not getting enough sleep can be frustrating and detrimental to your health. Scientists have discovered that baicalin is great at promoting healthy sleeping cycles. In an animal study, scientists were able to demonstrate that baicalin can help to regulate proper sleeping cycles. Baicalin seems to regulate the natural rhythms of our sleep. It allows the ‘light period’ of sleep to function normally, and allows deeper REM sleep in the ‘dark period’.[1]  

2. Baicalin for pain: Super strong pain relief

[caption id=""attachment_822"" align=""alignright"" width=""300""] Baicalin helps promote healthy sleep cycles[/caption] Baicalin is a great pain-relief supplement. Animal studies have shown that baicalin is great at reducing the sensations of pain. One study examined the effects of baicalin on the perception of heat pain.   Carrageen makes animals more sensitive to heat pain. The study found that Baicalin treatment was just as strong at reducing pain as a common pain-relief tablet.[2] Read our Ultimate Guide for using Baicalin!

3. Baicalin for stress: Reduces stress and promotes relaxation

People also use baicalin for reducing stress. Baicalin is actually a great stress reducer. This is because baicalin acts as a GABA-A substrate.[3] GABA receptors are responsible for reducing the sensations from your central nervous system. Scientists agree that the sensation of pain is mediated by GABA-A receptors. By binding to these receptors, Baicalin helps to reduce sensations of pain.[4] The great thing about this is that you can use Baicalin for stress without affecting your cognitive abilities or making you feel drowsy.  

4. Baicalin for skin: Protects from harmful UV rays

  [caption id=""attachment_824"" align=""alignright"" width=""300""] Baicalin helps protect your skin from harmful UV rays[/caption] Baicalin for skin protection is one of the most important benefits of this ancient compound. You can use baicalin for protecting your skin from ‘reactive-oxygen species’. Ok, what are those? Reactive-oxygen species form when our skin is exposed to UV sunlight. They are a major cause of skin damage from sunlight, and baicalin helps to protect from these.[5]   Furthermore, scientists have suggested that Baicalin is great at protecting your fibroblasts, which are a key part of the outer layers of your skin.[6]  

Conclusion

In this article, we’ve looked at the top four uses of Baicalin for beginners. However, there are actually more uses than this. Baicalin is a great dietary supplement. For more information about baicalin, read through our detailed and in-depth product description here.   Liftmode has Baicalin extract for sale, at a very high purity and potency. Our Baicalin is over 95% pure, and customers keep coming back for more. Read a few of our customer’s Baicalin reviews here and see for yourself!          

References

  [1] Biphasic effects of baicalin, an active constituent of Scutellaria baicalensis Georgi, in the spontaneous sleep-wake regulation, HH Chang et al., J Ethnopharmacol. 2011 May 17;135(2):359-68. doi: 10.1016, available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21419210 [2] The antiinflammatory and analgesic effects of baicalin in carrageenan-evoked thermal hyperalgesia, TC Chou et al., Anesth Analg. 2003 Dec;97(6):1724-9, available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14633550 [3] GABA A receptor subtype selectivity underlying selective anxiolytic effect of baicalin, F Wang et al., Neuropharmacology. 2008 Dec;55(7):1231-7. doi: 10.1016, available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18723037 [4] Different GABAA receptor subtypes mediate the anxiolytic, abuse-related, and motor effects of benzodiazepine-like drugs in primates, J.K. Rowlett et al., Published online before print January 11, 2005, doi: 10.1073/pnas.0405621102, PNAS January 18, 2005 vol. 102 no. 3 915-920, available from http://www.pnas.org/content/102/3/915 [5] Baicalin scavenges reactive oxygen species and protects human keratinocytes against UVC-induced cytotoxicity, SC Wang et al., In Vivo. 2013 Nov-Dec;27(6):707-14, available from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24292572 [6] Baicalin protects human skin fibroblasts from ultraviolet A radiation-induced oxidative damage and apoptosis, BR Zhou et al., Free Radic Res. 2012 Dec;46(12):1458-71. doi: 10.3109 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22946442