Euphorbia tenuifolia

Euphorbia tenuifolia

(Chinese medicine and plant Atlas)

[synonym] Polygonaceae and cat's-eye grass (illustrated Chinese medicinal plants).

[source] the whole plant of Euphorbiaceae Euphorbia tenuifolia.

[plant morphology] Euphorbia tenuifolia

Herbs perennial, 25-45 cm high. The root is slender. The stem is erect, the lower part is purple, the upper part is branched, the tender branch is green, and the whole plant contains milk. Stems and leaves alternate; oblanceolate or linear lanceolate, 2.5-4.5 cm long, 3-4 mm wide, apex obtuse, slightly concave or convex, entire, narrowly slender above middle; petiole apex densely covered; linear. Cuplike cymes are terminal or axillary, arranged into compound umbels, with 4-8 pedicels, each of which is further divided into 2-4 small pedicels, with 1 or several pairs of opposite bracts; calyx shaped involucre, with 4 glands at the apex, crescent shaped, or short horns at both ends; flowers are unisexual, without perianth, yellow; most male flowers and one female flower are in the same involucre; male flowers have only one stamen, bulbous; female flowers are in the middle of inflorescence It has long stalk, ovary 3-locular, style 3. Capsule trigonous spherical, smooth surface. Seeds ovate, grayish brown or brown spotted, ca. 2 mm. The flowering period is from April to July.

Distributed in Hebei, Yunnan, Guizhou, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places.

[collection] harvest from June to August and dry in the sun.

[chemical constituents] it contains Euphorbia officinalis, 24 methylenecyclosorbanol, β - geraniol and myrcenol.

[function indications] Chinese medicine plant illustrated book: "leaf and stem, grind the end or boil ointment to apply swelling sores. "