Amaranth has the effect of clearing heat and detoxification, cooling the blood and stopping bleeding, etc. Amaranth alone does not treat gray nails.
Amaranth is the dried above-ground part of the plant Amaranthaceae, sour flavor, cold nature. It has the efficacy of clearing heat and detoxification, cooling blood to stop bleeding and stopping dysentery.
Amaranth is used for fever and blood dysentery (dysentery caused by heat, see blood in the stool), carbuncle furuncle, dengtoxin (acute infectious diseases, see the skin red like paint), snake bites, eczema, blood in the stool, hemorrhoidal blood, leakage (excessive menstrual flow or more than a few drops of blood) and other diseases. Spleen and stomach cold, intestinal slippery for leakage should not be taken.
Chinese medicine believes that gray nails are mostly caused by blood dryness and loss of nourishment, dampness-heat accumulation (dampness and heat evils accumulate in the body), etc. Angelica sinensis, white peony, Radix Rehmanniae Praeparata, Radix et Rhizoma Gastrodiae Praeparata, Radix Paeoniae Alba, and Radix Paeoniae Lactiflorae, etc. are available. Amaranth alone cannot treat gray nails.
Specific medication and treatment is recommended to follow the doctor’s advice.