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Lasiospherae, Frucificatio
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Pin Yin: ma bo
Common name: fruiting body of puffball
Botanical family: Lycoperdaceae
Botanical name: 1, Lasiosphaera fenzlii Reich.; 2, Calvatia liliacina (Mont. et Berk.) Lloyd
Primary action: Clear Heat Toxins
Secondary actions:
Stop Cough and Wheezing;
Stop Bleeding
Temperature: neutral
Taste: acrid
Entering Channel: Lu
Actions:
Clears Heat and detoxifies Fire Poison, especially of the throat.
Relieves Lung Heat cough.
Stops bleeding of the oral cavity, lips and nostrils when used topically.
(See
Heat Toxin;
Lung Repletion Heat
.)
Indications: sore and swollen throat, cough, coughing
blood
Dosage:
0.5-1.5 qian.
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