Nicknames: Goose Intestine Vegetable, Cramp Cramp Grass, Stretching Muscle Vine, Strong Muscle Pill, Chicken Egg Vegetable, Goose Intestine, White Headed Mother Grass, Chicken Mother Grass
Harvesting and processing: Harvested during the vigorous growth season in spring, fresh or sun dried.
Medicinal parts: whole plant
Origin: National
Science: Caryophyllaceae
Original plant: cowweed
Plant condition: Two year or perennial herbaceous plants
Height 20-60cm. The stem has multiple branches, with the lower part lying down and the upper part standing upright. The nodes are swollen and purple in color.
Ye Duisheng; The lower leaves have short stalks, ranging from 2-18mm in length, sparsely covered with soft hairs, while the upper leaves have no stalks or embrace stems; The leaves are ovate or ovate heart-shaped, measuring 2-5.5cm in length and 1-3cm in width. The tip is acute and pointed, and the base is nearly heart-shaped. They are entire and sometimes have edge hairs.
The dichotomous inflorescence grows at the top, with slender flower stalks and short hairs; Sepals 5, base connected, apex blunt, covered with short hairs; Petals 5, white, longer than sepals, 2 deeply lobed to base; Stamen 10; Ovary superior, style 5, short linear.
The capsule is ovate in shape, with 5 lobes at the tip and 2 lobes at the tip of each lobe. The seeds are mostly flattened, round, brown, and have tumor like protrusions.
Characteristics of Goose Intestine Grass: The whole plant is 20-60cm long. Smooth stem with multiple branches; The surface has a slight purple red color, with more prominent spots at the nodes and tender branches. Leaves grow on opposite sides, with membrane quality; The complete leaves are broadly ovate or ovate elliptical in shape, measuring 1.5-5.5cm in length and 1-3cm in width, with a sharp tip and a heart-shaped or rounded base. The entire margin is either shallow wavy; The upper leaves have no stems or extremely short stems, while the lower leaves have petioles that are 5-18mm long and sparsely covered in soft hairs. The flowers are white and grow at the ends of branches or leaf axils. The capsule is oval in shape. The seeds are nearly round, brown, and densely covered with prominent thorny protrusions. The air is faint and the taste is light.
Medicinal properties of Goose Intestine Grass:
【 Taste 】 Sweet; Acid; Sexual Peace
[Guijing] Liver; Stomach meridian
【 Indications 】 Clearing heat and detoxifying; Relieve blood stasis and reduce swelling. Main lung heat, wheezing and coughing; Dysentery; Carbuncle; Hemorrhoids; Toothache; Menstrual disorders; infantile malnutrition 
[Usage and Dosage] Oral administration: decoction, 15-30g; Or 60g freshly mashed juice. External use: appropriate amount, fresh product pounded and applied; Or boil soup, smoke and wash.
【 Compound 】
① Treating hypertension: Goose intestine grass costs five yuan. Boil fresh tofu to eat. (Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine)
② Treat dysentery: one or two fresh goose intestines and vegetables. Boil in water and take with sugar.
③ Treating carbuncle: Three liang of fresh goose intestines and vegetables. Mash well, add an appropriate amount of sweet wine, boil in water and take orally; Or add sweet wine lees and mash together, apply to the affected area.
④ Treating hemorrhoid swelling and pain: Four liang of fresh goose intestines and vegetables. Boil the sauce in water, add a little salt, dissolve and smoke it.
⑤ Treating toothache: Fresh goose intestines and vegetables, mashed with a little salt, bite on the painful tooth. (Below is' Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine ')
【 Discussions from Various Schools 】
1. "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": Clearing heat and relaxing tendons. Treat lobar pneumonia, hypertension, and menstrual disorders.
2. Shaanxi Chinese Herbal Medicine: Clearing heat and detoxifying, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Treat carbuncle, toothache, hemorrhoid swelling and pain, dysentery.