Amaranth is effective when blanched and dried, but its effectiveness is diminished.
Amaranth is a common food, also belongs to the Chinese herbal medicine, has the effect of clearing away heat and detoxification, stopping bleeding, stopping dysentery. Amaranth blanched and dried, still has the above effect, but it is difficult to achieve the drug effect, because many nutrients of amaranth will be lost in the process of blanching, so it is generally not recommended to blanch the amaranth, common concoctions for the direct sun-dried.
Because of the cold nature of amaranth, if the spleen and stomach have cold symptoms, or patients with diarrhea symptoms, it is not recommended to take amaranth, so as not to aggravate the symptoms. Amaranth belongs to the Chinese herbal medicine, it is recommended to use under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner.