Also known as horse gram, corn mint, long life vegetable, horse tooth grass, five elements herb, gray amaranth, and other names.It can be used as a vegetable.Medicinally, it is effective for acute enteritis, bacillary dysentery, lung diseases, intestinal abscesses, breast abscesses, postpartum uterine bleeding, hemorrhoids, nephritis edema, etc.Antibacterial tests show that horse gram has inhibitory effects on dysentery bacilli, typhoid bacilli, and golden staphylococcus.In folk remedies, horse gram is made into meat filling to wrap in dumplings or wontons, which can clear intestinal heat, stop diarrhea, and relieve dysentery.
