There are many ways to treat eczema with amaranth, and common methods include decocting water for external washing or applying wet compresses, making dermatological lotion or eczema powder and other proprietary Chinese medicines.
Eczema belongs to the category of “wet sores” in Chinese medicine, which is mainly caused by dietary disorders, damage to the spleen and stomach, dampness and heat within the body, combined with external wind, internal and external two evils fight, resulting in wind, dampness, heat evil immersion in the skin. Clinically, this disease is divided into different types such as damp-heat impregnation (refers to the damp-heat filled, embedded in the body, organs and meridians operation is blocked, which can lead to systemic damp-heat symptomatic pathological changes), spleen deficiency and dampness, blood deficiency and wind dryness, and so on.
Amaranth is good at clearing heat and removing toxins, cooling the blood and stopping bleeding, and has an improved effect on damp-heat-impregnated eczema. You can use its decoction to constantly rinse the eczema area, or apply gauze soaked with the medicinal liquid to the eczema area to improve the condition through localized wet compresses. Amaranth and honeysuckle, dandelion and other traditional Chinese medicines can also be made into skin Kang wash, or and Huangdan, ice chips and other medicines made into eczema loose to cure eczema.
Amaranth is cold in nature and should not be used by people with weak spleen and stomach; it is contraindicated for pregnant women. This medicine for eczema, need to combine with the patient’s physical condition, under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners.