Sharma G D, Tripathi S N
Dept. of Ayurvedic Medicine, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal - 576 119, Karnataka, India.
Anc Sci Life. 1984 Jan;3(3):143-5.
The plant Dugdhika belongs to the family Euphorbeaceae and is found all over India up to the height of 6000 ft. Various workers have proved it beneficial for the treatment of Bronchial asthma, on the basis of their clinical and experimental studies conducted on the mixture of two plants i.e. Euphorbia thymifolia Linn and Euphorbia prostrate W. Ait, taken by the name of Dugdhika. Again, both the plant species have two ecotypes - Red & Green. The present study has been exclusively conducted on the red ecotype of E. Prostrata W. Ait.The paper deals with certain experimental studies on water soluble fraction of total alcoholic extract of the plant, to evaluate its efficacy and the mode of action in the treatment of Bronchial asthma. The study reveals that the drug causes relaxation of smooth muscles by virtue of which the spasm of Bronchial muscles during an acute attack of bronchial asthma, is relieved and thus exhibits its beneficial effect.
植物 Dugdhika 属于大戟科,在印度全境海拔 6000 英尺处均有发现。许多研究人员基于对两种植物(即千根癀(Euphorbia thymifolia Linn)和平卧大戟(Euphorbia prostrate W. Ait))混合物进行的临床和实验研究,证明其对治疗支气管哮喘有益,该混合物以 Dugdhika 之名使用。此外,这两种植物都有两种生态型——红色和绿色。本研究专门针对平卧大戟(Euphorbia prostrate W. Ait)的红色生态型进行。本文探讨了对该植物总醇提取物水溶性部分的某些实验研究,以评估其在治疗支气管哮喘中的疗效和作用方式。研究表明,该药物可使平滑肌松弛,借此缓解支气管哮喘急性发作时支气管肌肉的痉挛,从而展现出其有益效果。