This product is an aquatic herbaceous plant of the Typha family, Typha angustifolia (Typha angustifolia L.), Oriental cattail (T. orientalis Presl) or mongolian snakegourd root of the same plant. Mainly produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Shandong and other places. In summer, the yellow male inflorescences on the upper part of cattail stalks are harvested, dried, rolled and sieved to remove the mongolian snakegourd roots. Use raw or fried.

[Property]

sweet, neutral. act on liver and heart channels.

[Efficacy]

resolving stasis to stop bleeding, diuresis.

[Indications]

1. Used for various internal and external hemorrhagic syndromes. This product is neutral in nature and can both stop bleeding and remove blood stasis. It can be used for treating hemorrhagic syndrome, whether it is cold or hot, with or without static blood, and can be used in combination of medicinals. But it is especially suitable for those who have real blood stasis. To treat hematemesis, epistaxis, hemoptysis, hematuria, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, etc., it can be taken infused alone or in combination of medicinals and other hemostatic medicinals. To treat traumatic bleeding, it can be applied externally alone.
2. It is used for syndromes of stasis and pain, such as abdominal pain. This product can resolving stasis to stop pain and is often used with Trogopterus Dung, namely Sudden Smile Powder.
3. For blood stranguria. This product can resolving stasis to stop bleeding, diuretic and relieve stranguria. Often used with Unprocessed Rehmannia Root and cluster mallow fruit, such as Zhengzhi Zhunsheng Typha powder.
4. In addition, this product is also used in modern clinical practice to treat hyperlipidemia, which has the effect of lowering serum total cholesterol and triglycerides; Typha extract is also used to make PuB enteric-coated tablets for oral administration, and 5% PuB Fluid retention enema is used to treat chronic non-specific colitis.

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "Maintains confidant bladder Hanre, facilitates urination, stops bleeding, and eliminates static blood."
2. Bencao Huiyan : "Typha is cool in nature and sharp. It can cleanse the origin of bladder and clear the gas of small intestine, so it is used by predecessors to treat obstruction of urination. As for the prescription for treating blood, those above the blood can clear it; those below the blood can benefit. "It can treat stagnation of blood; it can stop blood flow. When used raw, it is cool in nature, promotes blood flow and eliminates pain; when used stir-fried, it tastes astringent, regulates blood flow and stops it."

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 3~10g, in a cloth bag. Appropriate amount for external use. It is mostly used stir-fried to stop bleeding; mostly used raw to disperse blood stasis.

[Precaution]

Pregnant women should not take this product.

[Modern Pharmacology]

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

• It can promote coagulation and can significantly shorten the coagulation time of rabbits; however, it is also reported that Typha can significantly inhibit adhesion and aggregation, and has anti-thrombin III activity;
• Biotypha has Prevents feed-induced stirred pulse atherosclerosis in rabbits, inhibits intestinal absorption of cholesterol, and changes blood lipid composition;
• has a stimulating effect on uterus in vitro and in vivo; the injection is effective on guinea pigs and mice intermediate stage [second stage ] Inducing labor has a significant effect.
• It also has the effects of lowering blood pressure, expanding blood vessels, increasing coronary flow, and improving microcirculation;
• It has an inhibitory effect on immunity, and large doses can increase the phagocytosis function of macrophages;
• It has an effect on subcutaneous node bacilli have inhibitory effects.