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Alternate English names: cattail root

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Typha angustifolia L.; Typha orientalis Presl (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin in unofficial sources: Typha angustifolia L.*; Typha angustata Bory et Chaub.; Typha latifolia L.; Typha davidiana Hand.-Mazz.; Typha minima Funk.; Typha orientalis Presl

Use: Medicinal

Properties: Sweet; cool; nontoxic*.

Actions and indications: Clears heat and cools the blood; disinhibits water and disperses swelling. Treats taxation heat effusion in pregnancy; stirring fetus; dispersion-thirst (xiāo kě); mouth sores; heat dysentery; strangury; vaginal discharge; water swelling; scrofula.

See: Xiāng pú (香蒲 Typhae Herba, typha)

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