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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Euphorbia helioscopia (Euphorbiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Tse Ch'I; Turnsole,Small; Us Al Kalbah; Erba Calanzola; Ze Qi; Maleiteira; Mao Erh Yen Ching Ts'Ao; Sonnenwendige Wolfsmilch; Lu Yeh Lu Hua Ts'Ao; Wolf'S Milk; Reveil Matin; Reveye; Tyranneste; Wolfsmilch; Kroontjeskruid; Um Al Halib; Spurge,Sun; Mamona; Khannaiq Ad Dijaj; Herbe Aux Verrues

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Anasarca China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Anasarca China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer UK Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cathartic Elsewhere *
Cholera Elsewhere *
Dropsy Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dropsy China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Dropsy Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Fever Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Leukemia China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Lymphoma China Yey, S.D.J. 1973. Anticancer Chinese Herbal Medicines. Maerican Journal of Chinese Medicine 1(2): 271-274.
Malaria Portuguese Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Malaria Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Malaria China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Neuralgia Elsewhere *
Piscicide Elsewhere *
Poison Japan Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Poison German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Purgative Elsewhere *
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.