Broken Intestine Grass is a kind of plant of the Monocotyledonaceae, Twisted Flower Order, Strychnos Family, Hookweed Genus, it is an annual vine, and the whole plant is highly poisonous, with the toxicity of the leaves and roots being the strongest.

Broken Intestine Grass is also called Hook Kiss, Cannon Leaf, Gourd Vine, Yellow Mighty Vegetable, Big Tea Medicine, etc., because it is rumored that the intestines of those who consume this grass will turn black and become adherent, and people will die of abdominal pain, so it is called Broken Intestine Grass.

What does Broken Intestine Grass look like

Broken Intestine Grass is a kind of woody vine, plant family up to about 12 meters long, branchlets nearly round, papery leaf blades opposite, petiole slender, flower color orange or yellow, capsule ellipsoid spherical.

Where to grow

The plant grows in the bushes, mountains, roadsides at an altitude of less than 2,000 meters, in all parts of the cultivation, China's main places of origin are Hunan, Hainan, Guangdong, Taiwan, Jiangxi, Hong Kong, Fujian, Zhejiang, Guangxi and other provinces.

Effectiveness and role of the broken intestines

Broken intestines of this plant is highly toxic, but in the pig, cattle, sheep feed to add an appropriate amount of leaves or stalks, with the role of fattening; added in chicken feed, can promote hen eggs, but the amount should not be too much.