Steinmetz:Euphorbia

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Euphorbia amygdaloides

Also known as (or relevant to) Euphorbia amygdaloides Family Euphorbiaceae English Names Wood Spurge Almond-leaved Wolf's milk Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) Part(s) Used Herba Euphorbiae amygdaloides

Action discutient anti-rheumatic toxic

Euphorbia antiquorum

Also known as (or relevant to) Euphorbia antiquorum Family Euphorbiaceae English Names Triangular Spurge Natural Habitat India Ceylon

Constituent(s) Juice (from branches): euphorbin resins gum caoutchouc Action juice: powerful laxative and emetic (even in very small doses) alterative stomachic rubefacient vesicatory toxic

Euphorbia corollata

Also known as (or relevant to) Euphorbia corollata Family Euphorbiaceae English Names American Spurge Natural Habitat North America Part(s) Used Radix Eupborbiae corollatae

Action purgative emetic sudorific irritant toxic

Euphorbia cyparissias

Also known as (or relevant to) Euphorbia cyparissias Family Euphorbiaceae English Names Cypress Wolf's milk Cypress Spurge Natural Habitat Eastern Europe Western Asia Part(s) Used Herba Euphorbiae cyparissias

Constituent(s) Euphorbon Action toxic; used for the same purposes as Euphorbia Lathyris but its action is more pronounced

Euphorbia helioscopia

Also known as (or relevant to) Euphorbia helioscopia Euphorbia lunalata Family Euphorbiaceae English Names Wolf's Milk Natural Habitat the slope of the Great Atlas in Morocco Europe Central China India South Africa Part(s) Used Radix Euphorbiae helioscopiae Folia Euphorbiae, helioscopiae

Constituent(s) saponin euphorbin (toxic principle) Action root: anthelmintic purgative toxic vesicatory; leaf: vermifuge toxic-used in fevers dropsies (especially anasarca) malaria

Euphorbia lathyris

Also known as (or relevant to) Euphorbia lathyris Family Eupborbiaceae English Names Caper Spurge Natural Habitat Southern Europe China Japan Part(s) Used Semen Cataputiae minoris = Grana Regia minoris Herba Euphorbiae lathyris

Constituent(s) milky juice containing euphorbon A and B euphorbol euphorbin acid (amorphous resin) aesculetin Action purgative emetic toxic; seed; used as a substitute for coffee Herb and seed are used in diarrhoea

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Euphorbia neriifolia

Also known as (or relevant to) Euphorbia neriifolia Euphorbia lingularia Family Euphorbiaceae English Names Milk Spurge Prickly Pear of Sind Common Milk Hedge Natural Habitat Malaya India Part(s) Used Radix Euphorbiae neriifoliae

Constituent(s) euphorbon gum resin malate of calcium caoutdiouc Action root: antispasmodic; used for visceral obstructions dropsy jaundice; juice (from the stem): laxative expectorant rubefacient toxic

Euphorbia officinarun

Also known as (or relevant to) Euphorbia officinarun Family Euphorbiaceae English Names Officinal Spurge Natural Habitat Africa Europe Part(s) Used Succus (obtained by making incisions in the bark)

Action purgative emetic toxic

Euphorbia pilulifera

Also known as (or relevant to) Euphorbia pilulifera Euphorbia hirta Family Euphorbiaceae English Names lndian Wolf's milk Spurge Catshair Australian Asthmaweed Natural Habitat India Indonesia Queensland (Australia) Part(s) Used Herba Euphorbiae piluliferae

Constituent(s) resins wax tannin sugar mucilage chlorophyll quercetin calcium oxalate caoutchouc albumiuoids carbohydrates gallic acid Action expectorant diuretic anti-asthmatic pectoral demulcent antispasmodic anthelmintic toxic

Euphorbia procera

Also known as (or relevant to) Euphorbia procera Family Euphrobiaceae English Names Velvety Spurge Natural Habitat Europe Part(s) Used Radix Euphorbiae villosae

Action toxic

Euphorbia resinifera

Also known as (or relevant to) Euphorbia resinifera Family Euphorbiaceae English Names Caper Spurge Natural Habitat Morocco (mountainous districts) Part(s) Used Gummi resina Euphorbium (the dried milky juice from the trunk and the branches)

Constituent(s) amorphous resin (containing euphorbone euphorbo-resene euphorbic acid calcium malate bitter acrid substance) mucilage minerals caoutchouc salts starch Action emetic purgative abortive rubefacient vesicatory toxic