Typha latifolia. T. augustifolia  香 蒲 Xiāng pú   Family: Typhaceae     
PART USED: 蒲黄 Pú Huáng  Pollen of Bulrush mace, Cattail pollen
Nature: Neutral, slightly cool     FLAVOR: Sweet, pleasant   CHANNELS: Heart, Liver, Spleen
FUNCTIONS- Commonly used to disperse bruises or stop bleeding.[3]
GROUP: Regulating Blood- Styptic
1. Regulate Blood
2. Clear bruises, contract uterus.[3]
3. Diuretic.[1,2,3] Reduces swelling and promotes pus drainage.[1] Expel coagulation.
INDICATIONS
1. Bleeding: Hemoptysis.[1] Hematemesis.[1,2] Epistaxis.[1] Hemafecia.[1,3] Hematuria.[1,2,3] Vaginal bleeding.[1,2] Hemorrhoids.[1] Discharge of blood from mouth. Bladder infection- urethral inflammation with hematuria.[3]
2. Cystitis, urethritis.[1]
3. Prickling pain in abdomen.
4. Menstrual irregularities, metrorrhagia and leukorrhea.[1] Post partum difficulty contracting uterus so leading to bleeding.[3]
5. Bleeding due to external injuries, fall injuries.
CONTRAINDICATIONS: Carefully in in pregnancy- as it contracts uterus.[3]
COMBINATIONS
- Blood stagnation: Quickens the Blood and dispels Blood stasis to relieve pain Typha & Salvia- Shi xiao wan.  
- Qi and Blood stagnation: Quickens the Blood and dispels Blood stasis, regulates the Qi, alleviates pain, nourishes the Blood Dangui & Notoginseng- Tong jing wan.       
PREPARATIONS: Decoction. Pollen  3-9 g.[1,3] 

  
- Hematuria- Pu huang + Talcum- Hua shi
- External application for ulcers, boils etc- Mix Sheng Pu huang (fresh) with honey and apply.[3]

HABITAT: Found growing in swamps.
DESCRIPTION: Perennial aquatic herb. Rhizome; subterranean, white. Stem; single, erect, cylindrical, hard and smooth. Leaves; clustered, long broad-linear, margins intact, lower section sheath-like, clasping stem; Blooms; in summer, fleshy spike inflorescences appear terminally, with 2 or 3 leaf-like bracts. Yellow staminate spike appears terminally at end of branches, lower section produces cylindrical pistillate spikes, like candles, senna-brown. Fruit; small
References
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Research

Antioxidant capacity of Typha angustifolia extracts and two active flavonoids
Peidong Chen, Yudan Cao, Beihua Bao, Li Zhang & Anwei Ding
Abstract
Context: The pollen of Typha angustifolia L. (Typhaceae) has been used as a traditional Chinese medicine for improving the microcirculation and promoting wound healing. Flavonoids are the main constituent in the plant, but little is known about the antioxidant activity of the principal constituent of the pollen in detail.
Objectives: To assess the antioxidant activities of ethanol and water extracts and two constituents of the pollen.
Materials and methods: Plant material (1 g) was extracted by 95% ethanol and water (10 mL × 2, 1 h each), respectively. The extracted activities (0.8–2.6 mg/mL) were measured by DPPH and the reducing activity of ferric chloride (1.7–2.6 mg/mL). Typhaneoside and isorhamnetin-3-O-neohesperidoside (I3ON) (2.8–70 μmol/L) were investigated on the relationship between NO, MDA and SOD in HUVECs treated with 100 μg/mL of LPS for 24 h.
Results: Nine compounds were identified by UPLC-MS. Ethanol extract showed IC50 values in DPPH (39.51 ± 0.72) and Fe3+ reducing activity (82.76 ± 13.38), higher than the water extract (50.85 ± 0.74) and (106.33 ± 6.35), respectively. Typhaneoside and I3ON promoted cell proliferation at the respective concentration range of 2.8 to 70 μmol/L (p < 0.01). This two compounds decreased MDA (1.91 ± 0.10, 1.80 ± 0.34, p < 0.05) and NO levels (14.64 ± 0.08, 13.10 ± 0.88, p < 0.01), respectively, and increased SOD level (22.94 ± 2.48, 23.57 ± 2.38, p < 0.01) at the concentration of 70 μmol/L compared with LPS group.
Conclusions: The constituents from Typha angustifolia could be a novel therapeutic strategy for LPS-induced inflammation.
Published online: 08 Mar 2017
https://doi.org/10.1080/13880209.2017.1300818 tandfonline.com

Evaluation of anti-inflammatory activity of Typha angustifolia pollen grains extracts in experimental animals.
Varpe SS, Juvekar AR, Bidikar MP, Juvekar PR.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE:
This study was designed to evaluate the anti-inflammatory activity of aqueous and 70% methanolic extracts of pollen grains of Typha angustifolia.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:
Female Sprague Dawley rats were used for the study. The acute anti-inflammatory activity of pollen grains of T. angustifolia was studied using the carrageenan as phlogistic agent, whereas its chronic anti-inflammatory effect was investigated by the percentage inhibition of cotton pellet-induced granuloma.
RESULTS:
Both aqueous and 70% methanolic extracts of pollen grains of T. angustifolia showed significant dose-dependent inhibition of carrageenan-induced paw edema as compared to the control (P<0.001). It was observed that both the extracts at dose of 125 mg/kg inhibited the granuloma formation by 44.30% which is higher than at dose of 500, 250 mg/kg, thus causing a significant (P<0.001) non-dose-related inhibition of granuloma formation.
CONCLUSION:
The results of this study indicate that extracts of pollen grains of T. angustifolia are effective in the treatment of both acute and chronic inflammatory conditions and thus support its traditional utilization.
PMID: 23248413 PMCID: PMC3523511 DOI: 10.4103/0253-7613.103303
Indian J Pharmacol. 2012 Nov-Dec;44(6):788-91. doi: 10.4103/0253-7613.103303. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov