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馬勃 Mabo
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Chinese Name |
馬勃 |
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Chinese Pinyin |
Mabo |
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English Name |
BB |
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Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Lasiosphaera Calvatia |
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Category |
Seaweeds and fungi |
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Origin |
The dried fruiting body of Calvatia gigantea (Batsch ex Pers.) Lloyd, Lasiosphaera fenzlii Reich and Calvatia lilacina (Mont. et Berk.) Lloyd (Lycoperdaceae). |
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Production Regions |
Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Inner Mongolia, Gansu, Hebei, Shaanxi. |
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Macroscopic Features |
Calvatia gigantean (Batsch ex Pers.) Lloyd: Flat spherical or sub-spherical, no infertile base, 15~20cm diameter. Grayish-brown to yellowish-brown, paper-like, often crushed into pieces, or fallen off. Spores are grayish-brown or pale brown, dense, flexible, when torn by hand, the inside has grayish-brown cotton-like silky material. When touched the spores blow up like dust, with a smooth feeling when twisted by hand. Dust-like odor, tasteless.
Lasiosphaera fenzlii Reich: small infertile base or no infertile base, remaining covering is formed by yeoowlish-brown membranous outer covering and relatively thick grayish-yellow inner covering, smooth, hard and brittle texture, falls by flakes; spores are pale blackish-brown, smooth and glossy when twist by hands.
Calvatia lilacina (Mont. et Berk.) Lloyd: whipping top-like, or pressed flat round, 5~12cm diameter, developed infertile base; thin covering, bilayered, purplish-brown, rough, with round concave, rolled over, upper portion often cracked into small lumps or fallen off; purple spores. |
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Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is large, thin covering, full, loose and bulging, with flexibility. |
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Properties |
Acrid; Neutral |
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Functions |
Portioned stops bleeding, clears the lung, promotes throat, resolves heat. |
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Technical Terms |
‘Dust': This refers to a powdery substance that rised up when medicinal materials are broken or crushed. |
| Link |
 Chinese Medicinal Formula Images Database
Chinese Medicine Specimen Database
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Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00001 |
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