Amaranth is used for the treatment of skin diseases, can be freshly pounded and applied externally or dried decoction for internal use and external cleansing. However, the specific therapeutic effect depends on each person’s physical condition, the severity of the disease and other factors, it is recommended to use under the guidance of a professional doctor.
Amaranth belongs to the heat-clearing medicine in the clearing heat and detoxification (clearing the body of heat and toxicity) medicine, for the amaranthaceae plant amaranth on the ground part of the amaranth. It is sour in flavor and cold in nature. It belongs to the large intestine and liver meridian. It has the effects of clearing heat and removing toxins, cooling and stopping bleeding (cooling and moistening the blood to prevent bleeding), and stopping dysentery. Note that this product is contraindicated for those with spleen deficiency and diarrhea (diarrhea caused by weak spleen function).
When used for treating dysentery, it can be used alone; when used for treating damp-heat in the large intestine (the large intestine feels damp-heat evil qi), abdominal pain and diarrhea, it can be used with Scutellaria baicalensis and Rhizoma Coptidis; when used for treating blood in stools caused by damp-heat in the large intestine, it can be used with Dijie, Sophora angustifolia and Fenghuangcao.
Amaranth can be used to treat canker sores and swollen poisons. Treatment of malignant sores, with amaranth crushed, compresses; treatment of bald sores and wet ringworm, with amaranth burned ash, decoction paste coated. After the discomfort should be timely medical treatment, under the guidance of the doctor to choose the drug treatment, not self-medication.