Euphorbia stracheyi, Khron bu ཁྲོན་བུ་
Himalayan Prostrate Spurge
Khron bu (Tibet)
Euphorbia longifolia
Ventenat, E.P., Jardin de la Malmaison (1803-1805)
Botanical name:
Euphorbia spp.
1. E. stracheyi (syn. E. himalayensis)
2. E. sieboldiana
3. E. longifolia (syn. E. mellifera)
Parts used:
Prepared root
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral/Warm, dry. Bitter, Sweet. Toxic
Uses:
1. Clears Heat, Resists Poison:
-Fever, Fever associated with poisoning
-acute inflammation
-Diphtheria
-skin diseases
-Schistosomiasis
2. Purges Heat and Damp:
-Constipation
-Edema, Ascites
-Gout, Arthritis
-purges Bile disorders
-purges Phlegm disorders (prepared with Milk)
-mixed Hot and Cold disorders; disorders due to Wind-Bile-Phlegm
-Swellings, Tumors
Dose:
1. Avoid salt while using (Barefoot Doctors Manual)
2. Best taken non an empty Stomach
3. Begin with smaller dose increasing as needed.
Prepared Powder taken in honey pills: 100–300mg
Prepared Root: 2–4 grams (E. sieboldiana, Barefoot Doctors Manual)
Preparation:
1. ‘Smooth Conversion of Potency’:
Boiled in Milk (of a Yak-Cow cross). This is used for Phlegm disorders.
2. ‘Sharp Conversion of Potency’:
Boiled in Wine. Used for Swellings and Tumors.
3. ‘Intense Conversion of Potency’:
Boiled in the urine of an 8 year old boy, or an ordained Monk. Used for Inflammations, Diphtheria etc.
4. ‘Swift Conversion of Potency’:
Boiled in Water. Used for Gout, Arthritis, Warts.
5. ‘Strong Conversion of Potency’:
Cooked in Yak-meat broth. Used for Stomach disorders.
6. ‘Extensive Conversion of Potency’:
Boiled in a decoction of Terminalia chebula. Blood disorders, Bile disorders, disorders due to mixture of Wind, Bile and Phlegm.
Main Combinations:
1. Schistosomiasis, Ascites, Euphorbia sieboldiana root, dry in an oven, powder, mix with equal amount of honey and form pills). Dose: 150–450mg given once daily in the morning on an empty stomach with warm water. (Barefoot Doctors Manual)
Cautions:
1. Toxic in Overdose.
2. Not used in weak, pregnant, very young or very old. Avoid in those prone to vomiting.
Toxicity:
Side effects include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain. More serious side effects include passage of water via the bowels and severe abdominal pain.
Main Preparations used:
Prepared Root
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