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A kind of grass for treating diarrhea is called milkweed. What is its scientific name?
There are two kinds of Chinese herbal medicines that can produce milk-like secretion and have medicinal value in treating diarrhea, namely Dafeiyang and Yang Xiaofei. The plant in your picture, like Yang Xiaofei, should have relatively large leaves. The length and diameter of leaves in Yang Xiaofei are generally around 1CM. But your picture is not very clear and can't be enlarged.

Euphorbia humifusa

The whole grass comes from Euphorbiaceae plant Euphorbia chiba.

Morphological characteristics annual herbs, mostly slender stolons, up to 15 cm. The single leaf is opposite, small, oblong, ovoid or obovate, 4 ~ 8 mm long and 3 ~ 4 mm wide, with round top, oblique, asymmetrical, round or truncated stem, serrate edges, and sparsely pubescent or hairless on both sides. Flowers unisexual, without perianth; Cuplike cymes solitary or rarely clustered in leaf axils; The involucre is gyro-shaped, pubescent outside, 5-lobed at the top, 4 glands, short stalk and tiny white petal-shaped appendages. The fruits of ferns are ovoid, trigonous and pubescent. Seeds oblong. The flowering and fruiting period is from June to165438+1October.

Ecological distribution is born in hillside grassland or shrub. Produced in Lingyun, Yongning, Luchuan, Guiping, Pingnan, Cenxi, Zhongshan, Jinxiu and other counties and cities in Guangxi; Distributed in Guangdong, Yunnan, Jiangxi, Fujian and other provinces.

Harvest and process in summer and autumn, wash and use fresh or dry in the sun for later use.

The taste is slightly sour and cool.

Efficacy: clearing away heat and toxic materials, strengthening the spleen and promoting digestion, inducing diuresis, stopping bleeding, astringing and relieving itching.

Traditionally used to treat infant malnutrition, dysentery, enteritis, diarrhea, dermatitis, eczema and mastitis.

Usage and dosage: 15 ~ 30g, decocted in water; For external use, apply proper amount of tamping or rinse with water.

Prescription 1. Enteritis dysentery (Euphorbia humifusa) 30 grams of fresh whole grass, decocted in water. 2. Mastitis flying powder (small flying grass) is appropriate and tamped with yellow sugar.

The chemical constituents of aerial parts include epidandelion sainol, cetyl alcohol, Euphorbiol, 24- methylenecyclophanol, 12- deoxy -4β- hydroxycrotonol -( 13- dodecanoic acid -20- acetic acid) diester and 12- deoxy. It also contains vitexin [2], unsaturated and secondary amine [3].