Medicinals
pú huáng / 蒲黄 / 蒲黃 / typha pollen;
Latin pharmacognostic name: Typhae Pollen
Alternate English names: cattail pollen
Alternate Chinese names: 蒲厘花粉 pú lí huā fěn; 蒲棒花粉 pú bàng huā fěn; 蒲草黄 pú cǎo huáng; 蒲花 pú huā; 蒲草花 pú cǎo huā
Origin: Plant
Use: medicinal
Category: Blood-stanching agents / Stasis-transforming blood-stanching agents
Properties: Sweet and acrid; cool; nontoxic*.
Channel entry: liver and heart channels.
Indications:
- Transforms stasis and stanches bleeding: All types of internal and external bleeding and stasis pain.
- Disinhibits urination and frees strangury: Strangury patterns, especially blood strangury.
Dosage & Method:
Oral: 3–10g in decoctions (wrap in a cloth bag); or take in powder form, drenched. Though often used raw, it is sometimes charred before use (for blood stanching). Also used topically.
Warning:
Contraindicated in pregnancy (the raw form induces uterine contractions). However, it may be used for postpartum bleeding.
Product Description:
This bright yellow pollen is light, is easily blown around, and floats on water. It sticks to the fingers but not together in lumps. Under a microscope it appears spheroid grains bearing fine hairs.
Quality:
Clean, lustrous, bright yellow pollen is the best.
Product Area:
Zhèjiāng, Jiāngsū, Shāndōng, ānhuī.
Etymology:
The name pú huáng 蒲黄), literally ""cattail yellow,"" reflects the color of this agent.
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