Medicinals
mǎ bó / 马勃 / 馬勃 / puffball
Latin pharmacognostic name: Lasiosphaera seu Calvatia
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Origin: Plant
Use: medicinal
Category: Heat-clearing agents / Heat-clearing toxin-resolving agents
Properties: Acrid; balanced.
Channel entry: lung channel.
Indications:
- Clears the lung, disinhibits the throat, and resolves toxin: Lung heat cough, loss of voice, painful swollen throat.
- Stanches bleeding: Blood heat vomiting of blood (blood ejection), coughing of blood, or nosebleed.
Dosage & Method:
Oral: 3–6g in decoctions. Also used in pills and powders. Topically applied as a powder.
Quality:
Large, round, unbroken puffballs that are powdery on the inside.
Product Area:
Mongolia, Gānsū, and Shǎnxī (Shaanxi).
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