Parte empleada: todo.
Usos: cálculos renales, cutis, diarrea, limpieza de heridas.
Preparación:
Para el cutis, hervir la planta con hojas de árnica y manzanilla. Limpiar la cara por las noches.
Para la diarrea, hervir toda la planta con hojas de guayabo en un litro de agua y tomar.
Para la limpieza de heridas, hervir la planta con hojas de árnica y limpiar la herida con el agua.

An infusion of the whole plant is used to treat diarrhea and cataracts; a wash of the infusion is used for skin infections (Gonzàlez F. 1979; Gonzàlez F. and Gonzàlez S. 1980; Gonzàlez S. 1979; Martìnez 1969; Sànchez C. 1981).

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Whole plant: In a decoction drunk with lemon or honey as a cough remedy by the French Guiana Palikur.

Stem and Leaf: A bitter diuretic; juice is drunk by women experiencing a loss of blood; fresh plant in a plaster for healing sprains and strains.

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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

It is possible that all these herbaceous Euphorbia species are used in a similar manner to make tea for colds and indigestion. The latex is made into a dressing for cuts. Beckwith mentions the use of the first three species to make tea for pains in the back and for use as a tonic. The juice is also said to remove warts. For gonorrhoea the plants are boiled with Phyllanthus niruri to make tea. In some parts milk weed tea is said to be good for high blood pressure. In the Grenadines E. hirta is thought to be a reliable cure for diarrhoea, and E. prostrata is used for the same purpose. Dalziel writes of E. hirta as known in medicine to be a remedy for asthma and inflammation of the respiratory tract, and called Australian or Queensland asthma weed.

1) Nicholson Michael S. ; Arzhennithe, Charles . Economic Botany. vol. 47 . --p. 184-192 1993

2) Robertt, A., et al.. Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana)/Smithsonian NMNH. cited online: 17-08-2017.

3) Plantas medicinales de La Matamba y El Piñonal, municipio de Jamapa, Veracruz/ Escamilla Pérez, Blanca Edith; Moreno Casaola, Patricia. INECOL: Mexico, 2015, 99p.

4) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts I & II. – p. 12.