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| Departments » Herbal Medicine » Materia Medica » Euphorbia hirta |
Note - the monographs are provided for informational purposes only, and are not to be used for self-medication.
Euphorbia hirta (Euphorbia)
| Botanic Name | Euphorbia hirta |
| Common Name | Euphorbia, (Pill-bearing Spurge E. pilulifera) Asthma Weed, Catshair (Brockhampton) |
| Family | Euphorbiacea |
| Parts Used | Herb (Mills) |
| Habitat | India and most tropical countries (Mills) |
| Constituents | Triterpenoids
(Mills)
Sterols (Mills) Alkaloid (Mills) Glycoside (Mills) Tannin (Mills) |
| Actions | Antispasmodic
(Mills)
Antiasthmatic (Mills) Expectorant (Mills) Anti-catarrhal (Mills) Antisyphilitic (Grieve) |
| Applications | Asthmatic
conditions and bronchial asthma (Mills)
Syphilis (Grieve) |
| Body Systems | Respiratory, Reproductive (Nervous) |
| Dosage | 0.1– 0.3
gm dried herb tds (Mills)
1:1 45% 0.12-0.3mls tds (BHP) 1:5 60% 0.6-2mls tds (BHP) |
| Combinations | Grindelia camporum in asthma and bronchitis (BHP) |
| C/I Cautions | May cause
nausea and vomiting(McGuffin)
An irritant of the GIT(McGuffin) |
| BHP S/I | Bronchitic asthma (E. pilulifera) |