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<record type="herb" updated="2026-09-18T16:36:10.791846+00:00">
  <source>Bencao Index</source>
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  <names>
    <name type="pinyin">ma bo</name>
    <name type="chinese">马勃</name>
    <name type="latin">Lasiosphaera</name>
    <name type="english">Puffball Fruiting Body</name>
    <name type="japanese">babotsu</name>
    <name type="korean">mabal</name>
  </names>
  <category>Clear Heat, Relieve Toxicity</category>
  <channels>
    <channel>Lung</channel>
  </channels>
  <actions>
    <action>
      <summary>Clears Lung Heat, resolves Fire toxin and benefits the throat</summary>
      <indication>Fire toxin with a swollen, sore throat, hoarseness or loss of voice</indication>
      <indication>Cough or asthma from Lung Heat</indication>
    </action>
    <action>
      <summary>Stops bleeding</summary>
      <indication>Bleeding in the mouth, particularly the gums and lips, applied topically or taken internally</indication>
      <indication>Nosebleed, or vomiting blood</indication>
      <indication>Bleeding gums from frostbite</indication>
    </action>
  </actions>
</record>
