Puff-ball is the dried sporophore of Lasiosphaera fenzlii Reich., Calvatia gigantea (Batsch ex Pers. ) Lloyd or Calvatia lilacina (Mont. et Berk. ) Lloyd (Fam. Lycoperdaceae).

Action: To remove heat from the lung and soothe sore throat, and to arrest bleeding.

Indications: Sore throat, cough and hoarseness of voice caused by wind-heat in the lung; epistaxis and tranmatic bleeding by external use.