Akan/Twi Name is *Kakaweadwe*
A short-lived herbaceous plant producing a few spreading to almost upright stems usually growing up to 40 cm tall. Its reddish stems contain a milky sap and are covered in yellowish hairs. Its paired leaves (4-50 mm long) are borne on very short stalks and have lop-sided bases. These leaves are dark green or reddish with purplish markings and have paler undersides. Its 'flowers' are arranged into dense rounded clusters in the upper leaf forks. Its tiny hairy capsules (1-1.5 mm long) have three compartments, each containing a single light brown to reddish-brown seed.
*Common names*
Also known as: Asthma plant, cat's hair, flowery headed spurge, garden spurge, hairy spurge, , old blood, pill-bearing spurge, pillpod sandmat, Queensland asthma weed, red euphorbia.
*Medicinal parts used: leaves, stem and flowers*
Euphorbia hirta was used in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, bronchial and other respiratory diseases, conjunctivitis, to increase milk flow in lactating women and for other female diseases.It was also used for intestinal parasites,diarrhoea,cancer,eyelid styles,cough, peptic ulcers,heartburn,vomiting, amoebic dysentery, asthma,bronchitis, hay fever, laryngeal spasms, emphysema,coughs,colds, kidney stones,menstrual problems,sterility,venerel diseases, skin and mucous membranes diseases, including (warts, scabies, tinea,thrush,aphthae,fungal afflictions, measles), as an antiseptic to treat wounds, sores, and m conjunctivitis. The plant has a reputation as an analgesic to treat severe headache, toothache,brheumatism, colic, and pains during pregnancy. It was also used as an antidote and pain relief of scorpion stings and snakebites . In India it was used to treat worm infections in children and for dysentery, gonorrhea, jaundice, pimples, digestive problems and tumors.
The fresh milky latex was applied to wounds and warts. Roots of the plant were used in sprains and inflammation, miscarriage, epilepsy, maggots in wounds and irregular growth of teeth and more.
A short-lived herbaceous plant producing a few spreading to almost upright stems usually growing up to 40 cm tall. Its reddish stems contain a milky sap and are covered in yellowish hairs. Its paired leaves (4-50 mm long) are borne on very short stalks and have lop-sided bases. These leaves are dark green or reddish with purplish markings and have paler undersides. Its 'flowers' are arranged into dense rounded clusters in the upper leaf forks. Its tiny hairy capsules (1-1.5 mm long) have three compartments, each containing a single light brown to reddish-brown seed.
*Common names*
Also known as: Asthma plant, cat's hair, flowery headed spurge, garden spurge, hairy spurge, , old blood, pill-bearing spurge, pillpod sandmat, Queensland asthma weed, red euphorbia.
*Medicinal parts used: leaves, stem and flowers*
Euphorbia hirta was used in the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders, bronchial and other respiratory diseases, conjunctivitis, to increase milk flow in lactating women and for other female diseases.It was also used for intestinal parasites,diarrhoea,cancer,eyelid styles,cough, peptic ulcers,heartburn,vomiting, amoebic dysentery, asthma,bronchitis, hay fever, laryngeal spasms, emphysema,coughs,colds, kidney stones,menstrual problems,sterility,venerel diseases, skin and mucous membranes diseases, including (warts, scabies, tinea,thrush,aphthae,fungal afflictions, measles), as an antiseptic to treat wounds, sores, and m conjunctivitis. The plant has a reputation as an analgesic to treat severe headache, toothache,brheumatism, colic, and pains during pregnancy. It was also used as an antidote and pain relief of scorpion stings and snakebites . In India it was used to treat worm infections in children and for dysentery, gonorrhea, jaundice, pimples, digestive problems and tumors.
The fresh milky latex was applied to wounds and warts. Roots of the plant were used in sprains and inflammation, miscarriage, epilepsy, maggots in wounds and irregular growth of teeth and more.
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