Red prickly amaranth has the effect of clearing away heat and dampness, detoxifying and eliminating swelling, cooling the blood and stopping bleeding, etc. It can be used for the treatment of sore throat, damp-heat and diarrhea, dysentery, blood in the stool, edema and eczema. Red prickly amaranth is a kind of prickly amaranth, prickly amaranth taste sweet, light, slightly cold, belonging to the spleen, stomach, large intestine meridian, has the effect of clearing away heat and dampness, detoxifying and eliminating swelling, cooling the blood and stopping bleeding, etc., for the swelling and pain in the throat, dampness-heat and diarrhea, dysentery, dysentery, blood in the stool, water and gas swelling, eczema and so on, have a certain role, and externally on the poisonous snakebite has a certain effect. The adverse reactions and contraindications of red amaranth are not clear, generally the whole plant can be used as a drug, but when red amaranth is used as a drug, it needs to be diagnosed by a doctor to prescribe a prescription before use. Secondly, although the young stems and leaves of red prickly amaranth are also eaten by some people as a kind of wild food, but if you encounter red prickly amaranth in the wild, try to avoid eating it privately, so as not to cause physical discomfort.