Amaranthus tinctorius is used for clearing heat and removing toxins, cooling the blood and stopping dysentery (clearing heat and cooling the blood, eliminating dysentery, etc.), and stopping bleeding. It should be taken under the guidance of a medical practitioner.
Amaranth is cold in nature and belongs to the liver and large intestine meridians. It is a heat-clearing and detoxifying herb that can treat feverish sores and ulcers, and the herb can be decocted in soup or pounded and applied externally. It can be combined with dandelion, honeysuckle, and zhi hua di ding to make it more powerful in clearing heat and detoxifying toxins.
Amaranth can enter the large intestine meridian, has the effect of cooling blood and stopping dysentery, is a common medicine for the treatment of dysentery, can be paired with Scutellaria baicalensis, Huanglian and other medicines to treat the large intestine damp-heat, discharge pus and blood, abdominal pain and diarrhea and other diseases.
It is acidic in taste and enters the liver meridian, and has the effects of clearing heat and cooling the blood, astringent and stopping bleeding (using drugs with astringent effects to treat bleeding disorders), and can treat disintegration (excessive menstruation or dripping of blood). It can also be used in conjunction with Diyu and Sophora to treat blood in the stool.
Amaranth alone boiling water has limited effect, clinical often used with other drugs, please use under the guidance of a physician, do not self-medication.