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Cattail pollen (Puhuang)
Pharmaceutical Name: Pollen Typhae
Botanical Name: 1. Typha orientalis Presl;
2. Typha angustifolia L.
Common Name: Cattail pollen, Bullrush pollen
Source of Earliest Record: Shennong Bencao
Jing
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The pollen is gathered in May
or June.
Properties & Taste: Sweet and neutral
Meridians: Liver and pericardium
Functions:
1. To stop bleeding;
2. To release stagnation and stop pain
Indications & Combinations:
1. Hemorrhages manifested as cough with blood,
vomiting with blood, hematuria, bloody stool
and uterine bleeding. Cattail pollen (Puhuang)
is used with Agrimony (Xianhecao), Eclipta
(Mohanlian) and Biota tops (Cebaiye).
2. Hemorrhages caused by external injuries.
Cattail pollen (Puhuang) can be used alone
and dry for external use.
3. Blood stagnation manifested as cardiac
pain, abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea or postpartum
abdominal pain. Cattail pollen (Puhuang) is
used with Trogopterus dung (Wulingzhi) in
the formula Shixiao San.
Dosage: 3-10 g
Cautions & Contraindications: The carbonized
herb is effective in stopping bleeding; the
raw herb is used for releasing stagnation
and stopping pain. |
