Pohwang
Cattail Pollen · Typhae Pollen
한글 포황 · Pinyin Pu Huang
蒲黃
Properties 性味
- Taste & nature
- Sweet · neutral
- Channels entered
- Liver, Pericardium
- Actions
- Stops bleeding while invigorating Blood — raw moves, charred astringes; relieves stasis pain
- Typical dose
- 5–9 g, decocted in cloth bag
- Caution
- Caution in pregnancy
Appears in 8 formulas 處方
- Drive Out Stasis from the Lower Abdomen Decoction少腹逐瘀湯 12 g · Chief 君
- Sudden Smile Powder失笑散 8 g · Chief 君
- Great Peace Pill太平丸 40 g · Assistant 佐
- Black Spirit Powder黑神散 10 g · Assistant 佐
- Open the Constraint Four Substances Decoction開鬱四物湯 2 g · Assistant 佐
- Rise from the Pillow Powder起枕散 2.8 g · Assistant 佐
- Eight-Ingredient Black Spirit Powder八味黑神散 40 g · Chief 君
- Interacting Rehmannia Decocted Pill交感地黃煎元 160 g · Deputy 臣