Herb

Puffball (Ma bo)

马勃ma bo
1 sourceLasiosphaera seu Calvatia

Clears the lung and resolves heat-toxin, cools the blood, relieves throat blockage and pain, and is applied to sores.

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷二十一·草部·苔类·马勃·主治（《别录》）

References
  • 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).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：恶疮马疥（《别录》）；去膜，以蜜拌揉，少以水调呷，治喉痹咽疼（宗奭）；清肺，散血，解热毒（时珍）。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 辛，平，无毒。·Meridians: 肺

Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·草部·苔类·马勃（《别录》下品）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·草部·苔类·马勃·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·草部·苔类·马勃·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·草部·苔类·马勃·发明（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·草部·苔类·马勃·主治（《别录》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·草部·苔类·马勃·主治（宗奭）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·草部·苔类·马勃·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十一·草部·苔类·马勃·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.