Euphorbia narrowleaf

Euphorbia narrowleaf

(medicinal plants in desert areas of China)

Another name is Maoyan grass.

[source] it is the whole plant of Euphorbiaceae.

[plant morphology] Euphorbia narrowleaf

Perennial herbs, 10-30 cm high. The stem is low and purplish below. Leaves alternate, lower leaves scaly lanceolate, lavender, upper leaves lanceolate linear, 1.5-3 cm long, 1.5-3 mm wide, rare, 6-7 cm long, 4 mm wide, apex pointed or obtuse. The inflorescence is terminal, with 5-8 pedicels, each pedicel bifurcated; involucre triangular or rhomboid, apex slightly convex or acute. Capsule broadly ovate, 3-lobed. Seeds ovate, gray white.

It grows in fixed sandy land, sandy land and hard ridge land covered with sand. Distributed in Liaoning, Jilin, Shaanxi, Inner Mongolia, Ningxia and other places.

[collection] collected in summer and autumn, dried in the sun.

Bitter, cold and poisonous.

[function indications] detoxification and detumescence.

[should avoid] this product is toxic and should not be taken orally.

[prescription selection] ① for sore (not ulcerated), carbuncle, and lymph node tuberculosis: Radix euphorbiae officinalis, Radix euphorbiae officinalis, Radix Taraxaci, and smash the affected area.

② Treatment of mumps: narrow leaf Euphorbia three money, fresh dandelion five money, fresh scallion root three money, with mash, apply the affected area.

③ Treatment of sore boil and lymph node tuberculosis: Euphorbia narrowleaf, Xanthium sibiricum, dandelion each equal. First, wash the whole herb, cut it up, boil it with water for two hours, clear and extrude the liquid to remove the dregs, then mix the three kinds of liquid, heat and concentrate them into a continuous line when dripping, that is, boil them with gentle fire, stir them at any time, first make small bubbles, when making big bubbles (a big bubble in the center), leave the fire immediately, and then spread them into plaster after cooling. When 3-5% castor oil and 2-3% rosin are added for fixation, the ointment will not deform and remain soft. It can be used in all seasons. If add small flower Oxytropis to divide equally, have acesodyne effect. Stick it to the affected part.