This product is the mongolian snakegourd root of the aquatic herbaceous plant Typha angustifolia L., T. orientalis Presl, or other species of the same genus from the Typhaceae family. It is mainly produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shandong, and other regions. In summer, the upper yellow male inflorescence of the cattail is harvested, dried, crushed, and sieved to obtain the mongolian snakegourd root. It is used either raw or stir-fried.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Sweet, neutral. act on liver and heart channels.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Resolving stasis to stop bleeding and promote diuresis.

bubble_chart Indications

1. It is used for various internal and external hemorrhagic syndromes. This product has a neutral nature, capable of both stopping bleeding and resolving stasis. It can be used for hemorrhagic syndromes regardless of whether they are cold or heat in nature, and whether there is static blood or not, by combining with other medicinals according to the syndrome. However, it is especially suitable for cases with excess and stasis. It can be used alone or in combination with other hemostatic medicinals to treat hematemesis, epistaxis, hemoptysis, hematuria, menorrhagia, and metrostaxis. For external traumatic bleeding, it can be applied externally alone.
2. It is used for pain syndromes due to stasis, such as heart and abdominal pain. This product can resolve stasis to stop pain and is often combined with Trogopterus Dung to form Sudden Smile Powder.
3. It is used for blood stranguria. This product can resolve stasis to stop bleeding and promote diuresis to relieve strangury. It is often combined with Unprocessed Rehmannia Root and cluster mallow fruit to form the Zhengzhi Zhunsheng Typha Powder.
4. In addition, modern clinical practice also uses this product to treat hyperlipidemia, as it can reduce serum total cholesterol and triglycerides. Furthermore, Typha extract has been made into enteric-coated tablets for oral administration, and a 5% Typha solution has been used for retention enema to treat chronic nonspecific colitis.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Benjing: "Regulates the heart and abdomen, treats bladder cold and heat, promotes urination, stops bleeding, and dissipates static blood."
2. Bencao Huiyan: "Typha, cool and diuretic in nature, can cleanse the origin of the bladder and clear the qi of the small intestine, hence it is always used by predecessors for difficulty in urination. As for the treatment of blood, it can clear blood that rises upwards; it can diurese blood that descends downwards; it can regulate stagnant blood; and it can stop circulating blood. Generally, when used raw, it is cool in nature, promoting blood circulation and dissipating; when fried, it is astringent in taste, regulating blood and stopping it."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

Decoct 3-10g, wrapped in cloth. For external use, apply an appropriate amount. For hemostasis, it is often stir-fried; for dispersing blood stasis, it is often used raw.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

Pregnant women should avoid taking it.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

This product contains flavonoids, Windmill Palm acid, isorhamnetin, sterol phenols, etc.

• It has a coagulation-promoting effect, significantly shortening the coagulation time in rabbits; however, there are also reports that Typha has a significant inhibitory effect on adhesion and aggregation, as well as an anti-thrombin III activity;
• Raw Typha has the effect of preventing diet-induced atherosclerosis in rabbits, inhibiting intestinal absorption of cholesterol, and altering blood lipid composition;
• It has an excitatory effect on both isolated and in situ uterus; the injection has a significant effect on inducing labor in guinea pigs and mice at the intermediate stage [second stage].
• It also has the effects of lowering blood pressure, dilating blood vessels, increasing coronary flow, and improving microcirculation;
• It has an inhibitory effect on the immune system, while a large dose can enhance the phagocytic function of macrophages;
• It has an inhibitory effect on subcutaneous node bacilli.