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{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Euphorbia amygdaloides
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|nameE=Wood Spurge&&Almond-leaved Wolf's milk
|habitat=Europe (including Great Britain)&&
|partUsed=Herba Euphorbiae amygdaloides
|constituent=
|action=discutient, anti-rheumatic, toxic,
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Euphorbia antiquorum
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|nameE=Triangular Spurge
|habitat=India&&Ceylon&&
|partUsed=
|constituent=Juice (from branches): euphorbin, resins, gum, caoutchouc,
|action=juice: powerful laxative and emetic (even in very small doses), alterative, stomachic, rubefacient, vesicatory, toxic
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Euphorbia corollata
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|nameE=American Spurge
|habitat=North America&&
|partUsed=Radix Eupborbiae corollatae
|constituent=
|action=purgative, emetic, sudorific, irritant, toxic
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Euphorbia cyparissias
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|nameE=Cypress Wolf's milk&&Cypress Spurge
|habitat=Eastern Europe&&Western Asia&&
|partUsed=Herba Euphorbiae cyparissias
|constituent=Euphorbon,
|action=toxic; used for the same purposes as Euphorbia, Lathyris, but its action is more pronounced,
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Euphorbia helioscopia&&Euphorbia lunalata
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|nameE=Wolf's Milk
|habitat=the slope of the Great Atlas in Morocco&&Europe&&Central China&&India&&South Africa&&
|partUsed=Radix Euphorbiae helioscopiae&&Folia Euphorbiae, helioscopiae
|constituent=saponin, euphorbin (toxic principle),
|action=root: anthelmintic, purgative, toxic, vesicatory; leaf: vermifuge toxic-used in fevers, dropsies (especially anasarca), malaria,
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Euphorbia lathyris
|family=Eupborbiaceae
|nameE=Caper Spurge
|habitat=Southern Europe&&China&&Japan&&
|partUsed=Semen Cataputiae minoris = Grana Regia minoris&&Herba Euphorbiae lathyris
|constituent=milky juice containing euphorbon, A and B euphorbol, euphorbin acid (amorphous resin), aesculetin,
|action=purgative, emetic, toxic; seed; used as a substitute for coffee, Herb and seed are used in diarrhoea
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Euphorbia neriifolia&&Euphorbia lingularia
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|nameE=Milk Spurge&&Prickly Pear of Sind&&Common Milk Hedge
|habitat=Malaya&&India&&
|partUsed=Radix Euphorbiae neriifoliae
|constituent=euphorbon, gum, resin, malate of calcium, caoutdiouc,
|action=root: antispasmodic; used for visceral obstructions, dropsy, jaundice; juice (from the stem): laxative, expectorant, rubefacient, toxic
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Euphorbia officinarun
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|nameE=Officinal Spurge
|habitat=Africa&&Europe&&
|partUsed=Succus (obtained by making incisions in the bark)
|constituent=
|action=purgative emetic, toxic
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Euphorbia pilulifera&&Euphorbia hirta
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|nameE=lndian Wolf's milk&&Spurge&&Catshair&&Australian Asthmaweed
|habitat=India&&Indonesia&&Queensland (Australia)&&
|partUsed=Herba Euphorbiae piluliferae
|constituent=resins, wax, tannin, sugar, mucilage, chlorophyll, quercetin, calcium oxalate, caoutchouc, albumiuoids, carbohydrates, gallic acid,
|action=expectorant, diuretic, anti-asthmatic, pectoral, demulcent, antispasmodic, anthelmintic, toxic
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Euphorbia procera
|family=Euphrobiaceae
|nameE=Velvety Spurge
|habitat=Europe&&
|partUsed=Radix Euphorbiae villosae
|constituent=
|action=toxic
}}

{{CodexVegetabilis
|nameL=Euphorbia resinifera
|family=Euphorbiaceae
|nameE=Caper Spurge
|habitat=Morocco (mountainous districts)&&
|partUsed=Gummi resina Euphorbium (the dried milky juice from the trunk and the branches)
|constituent=amorphous resin (containing euphorbone, euphorbo-resene, euphorbic acid, calcium malate, bitter acrid substance), mucilage, minerals, caoutchouc, salts, starch,
|action=emetic, purgative, abortive, rubefacient, vesicatory, toxic
}}

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