Amaranth and its surprising uses

Oriental medicine believes that: amaranth has a sweet and bland taste, slightly cold properties; has the effect of clearing heat, promoting urination, eliminating dampness, and stopping diarrhea.

Amaranth or spiny amaranth (Amaranthus spinosus) grows wild in abandoned lands.

Amaranthus amaranth or amaranth has a large, upright, branched stem about 0.4 to 1m high, hairless, many branches, with thorns in the leaf axils (the presence of thorns helps us distinguish amaranth from amaranth amaranthus viridis). The leaf blade is round, long, slender, oval with a lanceolate tip, 4 - 10cm, the underside is light green, the petiole has 2 thorns 3 - 15mm long where it is attached to the stem.

Amaranth or spiny is rich in medicinal properties and is used as medicine; the parts used are the roots, stems and leaves. People harvest the roots throughout the year, wash them thoroughly, cut them into thin slices and dry them. The leaves and young stems are eaten as green vegetables.

Amaranth

Chemical composition (according to Hooper): water 52.10% (fresh), fat 2.21% (dry), alblumenoids 19.43% (dry), glucid 38.35% (dry), dietary fiber 19.82% (dry), ash 20.20% (dry), Azote 3.11% (dry), phosphoric acid 1.13% (dry), silicates 1.90% (dry).

Oriental medicine believes that amaranth has a sweet and bland taste, and is slightly cold; it has the effect of clearing heat, promoting urination, eliminating dampness, and stopping diarrhea. It is often used to treat edema, kidney disease, dysentery, and as a menstrual regulator. The part of the plant above ground is used as a medicine to treat burns and reduce inflammation of boils. The leaves have expectorant properties and are used to treat coughs and respiratory diseases. The seeds are used to apply and bandage injuries...

Specifically, some treatments from the amaranth plant (Amaranth spinosa) such as: using the stem and leaves to treat pain, sedative, galactagogue, refrigerant, diuretic, laxative, stomach disease, cholera, sweating, vomiting, leprosy. The seeds are used as a plaster to cover broken bones. The amaranth plant, helps create contractions in living tissues, reduces the flow of excretion and blood waste, mucus. At the same time, it also has the effect of reducing fever, and softening the skin, creating warmth and moisture. Used inside the body in the treatment of internal bleeding, diarrhea and excessive menstruation. The roots are used to treat menstrual disorders, gonorrhea, impetigo, abdominal pain, expectorant, pain reliever and galactogogue, or swelling inflammation. The roots can help promote or increase menstrual flow.

Amaranth also helps increase milk production in nursing mothers. Or use amaranth alone to treat indigestion and vomiting that can occur when eating unfamiliar foods. Amaranth juice is used in Nepal to treat fever, urinary disorders or difficulty urinating, diarrhea and dysentery.

Here is how to treat diseases with amaranth:

Amaranth plant treats spinal spurs and spinal degeneration: 50g of lime tree, 30g of amaranth, 30g of piper lolot, 30g of scratch grass, 30g of mistletoe. 2 liters of water: boil scratch grass, mistletoe, and lime with 2 liters of water until boiling, add amaranth and piper lolot, boil for 3-5 minutes, remove from heat and let cool, drink instead of water every day. People with spinal spurs, when the disease is just developing or has been a long-term disease, have used the above remedy and found it very effective.

Dislocation, blood stasis: use branches, leaves or the whole plant to boil water to drink, 10 - 15g per day to drink instead of tea.

Sore throat, sore throat: amaranth stem and leaves (spiny), sufficient amount, add a little salt, 1 - 3 slices of fresh ginger. Chew all, swallow the juice gradually. Chew and hold in mouth 1 - 2 times a day until sore throat is relieved.

Unruptured boils: wash and crush amaranth roots, apply on boils, helps to quickly drain pus.

Minor burns: wash and crush the stems and leaves of the amaranth plant, apply to the burn.

Cough with phlegm:50 - 100g of amaranth stem and leaves, crushed, squeezed to get the juice to drink. Or use 50g of amaranth stem and leaves, 20g of Chinese clematis leaves, 20g of honeysuckle, 16g of licorice. Boil and drink one dose per day, divided into 2 - 3 times. Or use 50g of amaranth stem and leaves, 16g of lemon basil leaves, 16g of mulberry root bark, 16g of licorice. Boil and drink one dose per day, divided into 2 - 3 times. Use for 5 - 7 days.

Kidney stone treatment:Amaranth root (fried until golden), Desmodium styracifolium, Plantago asiatica root, Cogon root, Black bean (fried until fragrant) each 12g; Winter melon peel 20g, decoct to drink. Drink for 10 days.

Treatment of itchy rash caused by contact with straw:Fresh amaranth, fresh purslane, fresh chives (or fresh mint leaves) all in equal amounts. Crush and apply to rashes, 2-3 times a day.

Treatment of irregular menstruation:15g amaranth, 20g silver grass, decoct and drink.

Treatment of leucorrhea, vaginal discharge:20g amaranth root, 16g mint leaves, dried, chopped, boiled in 400ml of water to get 200ml, divided into 2 doses to drink during the day. Use for 7-10 days.

If you get stung by a bee or a centipede, apply a handful of crushed amaranth to the bite.

Nutrition for children:Shrimp porridge and amaranth are considered by our people to be a good health food and medicine for children because they contain many minerals and vitamins. Rich in calcium and vitamins A and C, amaranth helps children grow healthily and develop in height.

Treatment of dysentery:50g of amaranth stem and leaves; 30g of purslane, cook soup and eat 1-2 times a day. Or take 100g of amaranth stem and leaves, boil to get water and drink one dose a day.

Treatment of painful boils that have not yet ruptured:Wash and crush the roots of the amaranth plant and apply it to the boil to help it drain quickly and relieve pain.

Treating pyoderma with amaranth leaves:Take the whole amaranth plant, wash it, crush it, and apply it to the affected area.

Snake bite:5g amaranth seeds (1 full spoon), 0.5g alum. Crush both, divide into two parts, one part to drink, mix the medicine with alcohol or warm water (alcohol conducts the medicine faster). The remaining part is applied to the bite. Need to combine with sucking out the snake venom at the bite. (Use only initially when not yet taken to the hospital)./.

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