Typha Pollen (Pu huang)

• functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
• WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
• public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：《本经》载蒲黄主心腹膀胱寒热、利小便、止血、消瘀血，久服轻身益气力；甄权谓治痢血、鼻衄吐血、尿血泻血、利水道、通经脉、止女子崩中；大明谓妇人带下、月候不匀、血气心腹痛、排脓、下乳汁；李时珍谓凉血活血、止心腹诸痛。

Nature & flavor: 甘，平，无毒（《本经》蒲黄）。

• Cattail Pollen Ash Powder
• Er Shen Wan (Long Pepper & Typha Pill)

• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·草部·水草类·蒲黄（《本经》上品）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·草部·香蒲蒲黄·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·草部·蒲黄·气味（《本经》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·草部·蒲黄·主治（《本经》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·草部·蒲黄·主治（甄权·通经脉止崩中）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·草部·蒲黄·主治（时珍·凉血活血）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十九·草部·蒲黄·修治（大明·生破血炒止血）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.