This hairy plant grows up to 2' in height; it has numerous small flowers clustered together with opposite oblong leaves, which have a toothed margin.
There is milky latex in all parts of the plant.
There are the following phytochemicals in asthma weed: sterols, alkaloids, tannins, quercetin, glycosides, triterpenoids, alkenes, phenolic acids, choline, shikimic acid.
Other names of the plant
Asthma weed (Euphorbia hirta) Yoruba: Akun esan/Egele Ibo: Baala (owerri)/ Ogwu ngwo Fulfulde: Endaymel .
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Health Benefits
For Asthma
Add 1 teaspoonful of dried powdered leaves to a cup of boiled water and infused for 15 minutes. Take 1 cup twice daily.
Constipation
Grind fresh leaves and squeeze out the juice, take one shot every night for three days.
Asthma weed for Autism
Prepare a tea made from the leaves of Asthma weed.
Asthma weed for Lungs
Boil 5 to 10 fresh leaves of Asthma weed in water. Inhale the steam 2 to 3 times in a day.
It will melt the Thick mucus and expels it from the Lungs.
Asthma weed for Convulsions
Put half teaspoon of powdered Asthma weed leaves in one cup of water. Boil it. Simmer for 10 minutes. Drink it twice daily.
General Usage of Asthma Weed
Asthma weed is beneficial in easing Brain related ailments like Anxiety, Epilepsy, and Panic Attacks. It escalates the Learning and Recollecting capacity. It counters Fever, It alleviates Earache, It soothes Throat Irritation thus, cures Mumps and Tonsils.
Asthma weed is a good herbal remedy for ceasing the Smoking Addiction.
It is efficient in treating Jaundice.
Asthma weed is a good herbal remedy for Skin troubles namely Abscesses, Poison Ivy, Ringworm, Boils, Bruises, Eczema, Ulcers, and Sores.
It normalizes High Blood Pressure, It counteracts Back Pain, It curbs Muscular troubles like Sprains, Swellings, Sore Muscles, and Convulsions.
Asthma weed is favourable in treating Joint complaints like Rheumatic and Arthritic Pain.
It suppresses Body ache.
It is an Antidote for Bee Stings, Scorpion and Snake bites.
Method of Preparation
Make a tea.
Put l/2 teaspoonful of the Asthma weed in a cup of water. Boil it. Simmer for l0 minutes. Drink three times a day.
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