Ma Bo
馬勃 mǎ bó, "horse inflation"

Category:

Clear Heat

Clear Heat and Resolves Toxicity

Is this Herb effective in the clinic?

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Profile
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	Tastes: Acrid		Dosage: 1.5-6g

	Cautions: None noted		Meridians: Lung
	Preparation: No preparation data at this time		Quality: Good quality - large, full, purple, elastic like a sponge, and thin skinned
	Reference Source: Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')		Notes: No notes at this time
	Formulas (2) pǔ jì xiāo dú yǐn (Universal Benefit Decoction to Eliminate Toxin) yín qiáo mǎ bó sǎn (Honeysuckle, Forsythia and Puff Ball Powder)

Family:

Lycoperdaceae

Alternate Names:

Pharmaceutical: Fructus Lasiosphere

Botanical: Lasiosphaera Fenzlii Reich, Calvatia Gigantea (batsch Ex Pers.) Lloyd, Calvatia Lilacina (mont. & Berk.) Lloyd = C. Cyathiformis (bosc.) Morg.

Japanese: babotsu

Korean: mabal

Common: fruiting body of puffball, lasiosphaera

Temperature: Neutral

	+1 Andrea Murchison (Rootdown Editor) Clears the Lungs and Improves the throat add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Throat pain add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Swollen throat add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Loss of voice add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Cough due to Lung heat add comment

	+1 Mellissa Rudder (Rootdown Staff) Bleeding of the oral cavity or lips (internal or topical) add comment

Ma Bo馬勃 mǎ bó, "horse inflation"

Ma Bo
馬勃 mǎ bó, "horse inflation"