Prickly heat is a skin disease caused by poor sweat drainage and is called “prickly heat sore” in Chinese medicine. Amaranth can be used by medical professionals to treat heat sores.
Amaranth is a Chinese herb that is sour in flavor and cold in nature, and is effective in clearing heat, stopping bleeding, cooling the blood and detoxifying the toxin; it is mainly used to treat carbuncles and fever (symptoms caused by qi and blood being trapped by evils and poisons and causing localized swelling), bloody diarrhea, leakage of menstruation (excessive menstruation or more than a few drops of menstruation), eczema, and other conditions. Therefore, Amaranthus can be used to treat prickly heat caused by toxic heat.
The adverse reaction aspect of Amaranthus is not clear. It should not be used together with turtle; it should be noted that pregnant women are forbidden to use it, and it is also not suitable for people with cold spleen and stomach and intestinal slippage.
Patients who feel unwell are advised to consult a doctor for standardized treatment. If you need to use Chinese medicine Amaranth, you should use it under the guidance of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not use the medicine on your own to avoid adverse effects on the body.