Euphorbia

{ti-for’ ’-be-ah). A genus of trees, shrubs, and herbs, yielding a milky juice. E. res in if era, of Africa, affords euphorbium. E. corollata, E. ipecacuanha, American species, have been employed in medicine on account of their emetic, diaphoretic, and expectorant properties. E. pilulifera, of S. America and Australia, is used in asthma and bronchitis. Dose of the extract gr. j (0.065) > of the fluid extract f ^ -j (2.0-4.0); of the tincture f 3 -j (2.0-4.0). 267