Whether amaranth can treat diarrhea depends on the cause of the diarrhea. Generally, diarrhea caused by heat and toxicity stagnation in the intestines can be treated with amaranth, while diarrhea caused by invasion of the intestines by cold evils cannot be treated.
Heat and toxicity stagnation: Amaranth clear heat and detoxification, cool blood and stop diarrhea (clear heat and cool blood, eliminate dysentery, etc.), into the large intestine meridian, can clean up heat and toxicity in the intestinal tract, often used in the treatment of heat and toxicity dysentery caused by intestinal damage, diarrhea, accompanied by red and white mucus, so the amaranth can be used to treat this kind of situation of diarrhea.
Cold invasion: cold diet, or cold abdomen, may lead to cold into the stomach and intestines, resulting in intestinal ascending clear and descending turbid (so that the clear gas rises, turbid gas declines) function is impaired, the mixture of water and grain essence and micro-excretion, resulting in diarrhea, this type of diarrhea if you take cold amaranth, will lead to gastro-intestinal cold aggravation, diarrhea aggravation, so the amaranth is not a treatment for this type of diarrhea.
Amaranth deficiency cold spleen and stomach, intestinal slippery for leakage people with caution. The use of amaranth in the treatment of diarrhea needs to be carried out under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, and the intake of cold drinks and cold vegetables should be avoided during the treatment period to avoid aggravation of diarrhea.