Important NOTE:

This plant, in "The plant list" database is set as true accepted, while Chamaesyce hirta here who is set as  true is really the synomin, I decided to put both as truth because of the book scientific value. Thanks, Lucia Orfila.

Range. Pantropical weed. Widely distributed throughout Myanmar, growing naturally.

Uses
Whole plant: A decoction is given for asthma and bronchitis. New mothers eat it any way they like to promote lactation. In a salad or with fish paste or fish sauce dip, it is consumed to alleviate stomach pains from heat stroke, as well as to strengthen nerves and blood vessels along the breathing passages. Juice from crushing the five parts (stem, leaf, flower, fruit, and root) is used to treat fatigue in asthmatics, is taken with water after every meal to promote digestion, and is considered beneficial for the heart and the air passages. It is used to treat vomiting of blood, loose stools, and chest pain.

Sap: Described as sweet, bitter, sharp and salty, with heating properties, it is known to increase semen and stabilize pregnancy, as well as to alleviate fevers, coughs, colds, and runny noses. Applied topically, it is used to clear pimples and scabies.

Leaf: Sweet and astringent, used to control heat, and also applied topically for ringworm, scabies, itch­ing, and other skin disorders. The juice is used widely to treat mucus within the chest in, inflammation of air passage, and coughs in children. A decoction of the leaves is mixed with a large amount of sugar and ingested to alleviate bleeding dysentery.

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Origin:
Throughout warmer regions of India.

Action:
Pectoral, antiasthmatic, antispasmodic. Used for asthma, laryngitis, chronic nasal and bronchial catarrh; diarrhoea, dysentery, intestinal parasitosis Also used in postnatal complaints, failure of lactation.
Latex— vermifuge. Used in diseases of urinogenitory tract.
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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.

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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

In Fiji this species boiled in seawater is reputed to be a cure for dysentery and, as in Jamaica, is also used as a poultice for boils. Similar uses of the plant are described in Maya medicine and in addition the laex was used for sore eyes. In parts of Mexico other small Euphorbia spp. are used for this purpose. The B.P.C. 1934 described this species. which has been used with lobelia or senega to treat chronic bronchitis, asthma, hay fever and other respiratory troubles, as having a depressant action on the heart and on respiration. The plant has been considered laxative.

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Origin:

Nigeria

Part used

whole plant exudate

Medicinal uses

asthma,cough,shape of breasts

1) DeFilipps, Robert A.; Krupnick, Gary A. / PhytoKeys, v. 102. - - p. 1 - 314,  2018.

2) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.

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

4) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts III & IV. – p. 56.

5) Abd El-Ghani1, Monier M./ Traditional medicinal plants of Nigeria: an overview: Agric. Biol. J. N. Am., 2016, 7(5): 220-247. - p. 231.