Elle

Elle

(medicinal plants in desert areas of China)

[source] it is the whole plant with flowers of family Euphorbia.

[plant morphology] Flos euphorbiae

Annual herb, 20-30 cm high. Stem tetragonal, branched. Leaves opposite, sessile, lanceolate, 1.5-2 cm long, 4-6 mm wide. Flowers axillary or terminal, many flowers, calyx 5-lobed; corolla white or lavender, 5-lobed, long and thin tube; stamens 5, anthers oblong, spiral curl after flowering. The capsule is long columnar and its flowering period is from July to September.

It is found in Lake Basin of desert area, wet and salinized sandy land. Distributed in Inner Mongolia, Xinjiang, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places.

When it was collected in the sun, it flowered.

Bitter, cold.

[function indications] clearing away heat and toxin. Treatment of hepatitis, cholecystitis, headache, fever, toothache, tonsillitis.

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-3 yuan; or grinding powder.

[selected formula] for headache, fever, toothache and tonsillitis: take ELEI, peach colored female loucai, each equally, at the end of the study, 5 points each time, twice a day.