It is not recommended to take Amaranthus during menstruation if menstruation is normal, but it can be taken if menstruation is present with blood-heat disintegration (excessive menstrual flow or dribbling), and should be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions.
Amaranth, as a traditional Chinese medicine, has the efficacy of cooling the blood to stop bleeding, clearing heat and removing toxins, and stopping dysentery. It is used for fever and blood dysentery (dysentery caused by feeling heat and toxin, with blood in the stool), dengtoxin (acute infectious disease, with reddening of the skin like paint), eczema, snake and insect bites, blood in the stool, carbuncle and furuncle, hemorrhoidal blood, and blood in leakage. Pregnant women or those with spleen deficiency and loose stools (thin and unformed feces) should be cautious of taking this product.
Whether or not to take Amaranth during menstruation should be felt according to the specific situation, if the amount of menstruation and the duration of menstruation is normal, it is not recommended to take this product, because Amaranth has the effect of stopping bleeding, which may affect the normal menstruation. If the menstruation belongs to the blood-heat evidence type of disintegration, then the amaranth can be taken, which has the effect of relieving the symptoms.
Amaranth used for the above conditions should be used under the guidance of a doctor to identify the symptoms and should not be self-diagnosed to avoid causing damage to the organism.