Is milkweed root the same as poinsettia root?

Milk Root and Five Fingers Root are not the same. Milk root and five-fingered hairy peach root belong to the Chinese herbal medicine, the two varieties, efficacy, function are not the same. 1. Different species: milk root, also known as tree groundnut root, is the root of the mulberry plant Ficus carica; five-fingered hairy peach root is the root of the mulberry plant Ficus vulgaris. 2. Different efficacy: the tree root has the efficacy of clearing away heat and detoxification (clearing away heat and toxicity in the body) and astringing sores; the five-fingered hairy peach root has the efficacy of strengthening the spleen and tonifying the lungs, and promoting circulation of qi and dampness. 3. Different effects: Tree groundnut root is used for the treatment of red and white dysentery, gonorrhea, scrofula (mainly refers to the neck lymph node tuberculosis), hemorrhoids and other diseases; five-fingered walnut root is used for the treatment of consumption and coughing, night sweating (sweating abnormally after going to sleep, and waking up after sweating stops), limb fatigue and weakness, low-food bloating, edema, rheumatism and paralysis, hepatitis, leucorrhoea, and postpartum breast milk and other diseases. The adverse reactions and contraindications of Tree Groundnut Root and Five-Fingered Peach Root are not clear at present. If there is a need for medication, it should be used under the guidance of a doctor, and should not be used blindly, so as not to cause adverse effects.