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