This beautiful flower is planted with many people as ornamental flowers in the garden of the house. There are different types of euphorbia flowers (Euphorbia milii Ch.Des Moulins), some of which are red, white, orange, yellow and pink, but many are found in red.
This plant is similar to the cactus tree, because the tree trunk there are many thorns as well as this plant is not too much need water, watered enough once a day in the afternoon.
It turns out that euphorbia plant can be used for healing various types of diseases. From various sources I've read, this plant can be used for patients:
- Acute diarrhea.
- Malaria, fever.
- Kill insects (insecticide).
- Inflammation of the ears.
- Toothache.
- Hepatitis
The shoots are still fresh (9-15 grams), thinly sliced and boiled with 3 cups of water until the remaining 1 cup. Cooking water can be drunk with honey. - Boils
The stem is sliced thin and burned and affixed to the boils. - Bleeding in menstruation or uterus
Flowers as much as 10-15 flakes boiled with 50 grams of lean beef. This snack can be eaten as a soup. - Burns
Leaves and stems boiled with water until boiling, after cold used as a compressor. sources - Shortness of breath (asmatic).
- Rheumatism.
- Constipation.
- Snake bites (roots). sources
Flowers from the Middle East (some sources call them from Madagascar) these contain toxins so in their use should be appropriate dosage and not excessive, especially for pregnant women are prohibited from using euphorbia plant herb.
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