Herbs that Clear Heat and Eliminate Toxins
Ma Bo 马勃
Fructificatio Lasiosphaerae seu Calvatiae Fruiting Body of Puffball or Lasiosphaera
Channels LU
Nature Neutral Spicy
✓ National Exam
Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Neutral
- Nature & Flavour
- Spicy, Neutral
- Channels Entered
- LU
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Fructificatio Lasiosphaerae seu Calvatiae
- Chinese
- 马勃
- Tone Marks
- mă bó
Chinese Herb Actions
- Clears the Lungs, the Throat, and Reduces Toxins For Fire Toxins affecting the Lungs and throat causing loss of voice, hoarseness and Lung heat cough.
- Stops Bleeding For epistaxis, vomiting Blood, and is used topically to stop bleeding in any part of the mouth, especially the gums and lips.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 1.5-4.5 grams. This herb should be wrapped in cheesecloth during decoction.
- Part used: fungus.
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Contraindicated in cases of wind-cold causing loss of voice and in chronic cough.
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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Chinese Herbs Books & References
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