Spiny amaranth can be used to treat damp-heat diarrhea, dysentery, leucorrhea, blood-heat vomiting, blood in the stool, edema, and other conditions, the specifics of the medication should follow the doctor’s instructions.
Amaranthus spinosus is made from the dried whole herb or root of Amaranthus spinosus of the Amaranthaceae family, sweet, light, slightly cold in nature, belonging to the spleen, stomach, large intestine meridian, with the efficacy of cooling the blood and stopping bleeding, clearing dampness-heat, detoxification and elimination of swelling.
Spiny amaranth can be used to treat damp-heat diarrhea, dysentery, leucorrhoea, blood-heat vomiting, blood in stool, edema, scrofula (mainly refers to cervical lymph node tuberculosis), sore throat, external treatment of venomous snake bites, eczema, bleeding hemorrhoids and many other conditions.
Its adverse reactions and contraindications are not clear. Specific medication should be under the guidance of a specialist, not unauthorized use of medication.