Herpes zoster belongs to the category of Chinese medicine “snake string sores”, amaranth can clear the heat and detoxification effect, can be used to treat herpes zoster, but the use of amaranth alone can not treat herpes zoster.
Amaranth is the above-ground part of the plant Amaranthaceae, which is sour in flavor and cold in nature. It belongs to the liver and large intestine meridians. It can clear heat and detoxify, cool blood and stop dysentery. It is used for fever and blood dysentery (dysentery caused by feeling heat and poison, seeing blood in the stool), carbuncle, swollen furuncle, eczema, dengtoxin (acute infectious disease, see the skin reddish like paint), snake and insect bites, blood in the stool, hemorrhoidal blood, bleeding from the leakage of menstruation (menstruation is too much or more than a few drops).
Because amaranth can clear away heat and detoxification, it can be used to treat snake sores, the effect of using amaranth alone is limited, and need to be used in conjunction with other drugs for treatment, it is recommended that patients seek medical attention in a timely manner, under the guidance of a doctor, do not use their own medication, so as not to delay the condition.