I, amaranth can be directly mashed and rubbed on the skin, amaranth is a vegetable, in fact, it is also a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. Currently in clinical practice, dried Amaranthus is mostly taken internally together with other herbs, and is mainly used for the treatment of bacterial dysentery, acute gastroenteritis, acute appendicitis, gonorrhea, blood in the stool, hemorrhoidal blood, and so on. The fresh amaranth is pounded and applied externally or decocted and washed externally, and can also be used to treat boils and poisons, erysipelas, eczema and so on.

Two, amaranth mashed and rubbed on the face:

1, amaranth in clearing heat and detoxification at the same time, but also can repair the damaged tissues and cells. If there is pus on the skin, first wash the wound with hydrogen peroxide, then rinse it with saline, and finally disinfect it with iodophor. Then take 250 grams of fresh amaranth picked, wash, mash, wrap with a disposable block of sterilized gauze, press into a cake, and change the medicine once a day. If the conventional disinfection treatment turns out to need to change twenty times, with the amaranth only 3-5 times, will be very effective.

2, amaranth this Chinese medicine for the treatment of eczema dermatitis has the effect of collecting wet itching, clearing heat and swelling. Especially for some abscesses, acne and other purulent skin diseases have a good detoxification effect. Methods: Amaranthus grass mashed into juice directly coated in the affected area, or with honey water as a mask to use, wait about 20 minutes, with water to thoroughly cleansing can be, instantly cool skin.

Expanded:

1, amaranth (scientific name: Portulaca oleracea L.) annual herb, the whole plant is glabrous. Stem procumbent, ambulatory spread, branches light green or with dark red. Leaves alternate, leaf blade flattened, plump, horse-toothed, dark green above, light green or dark reddish below; petiole stout and short. Flowers sessile, blooming at noon; bracts leaflike; sepals green, galeate; petals yellow, obovate; stamens anthers yellow; ovary glabrous. Capsule ovoid; seeds minute, obliquely spherical, black-brown, glossy. Fl. May-Aug, fr. June-Sept.

2. Produced in all parts of north and south China. Prefer fertile soil, drought-resistant and flood-resistant, strong living force, born in vegetable gardens, farmland, roadsides, as a common weed in the field. It is a common weed in fields. It is widely distributed in temperate and tropical areas all over the world. The whole grass for medicinal purposes, there are heat and dampness, detoxification and swelling, anti-inflammatory, quenching thirst, diuretic effect; seeds bright eyes; can also be used as veterinary drugs and pesticides; young stems and leaves can be used as a vegetable, acidic, but also very good fodder.

3, the main value

①Nutrition: amaranth is rich in dihydroxyethylamine, malic acid, glucose, calcium, phosphorus, iron and vitamin E, carotene, vitamin B, vitamin C and other nutrients. Amaranth has an outstanding feature in nutrition, its omega-3 fatty acid content is higher than that of human and plants. omega-3 fatty acid can inhibit the absorption of bile solid acid in human body, reduce the concentration of blood cholesterol, improve the elasticity of blood vessel wall, which is very favorable for the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular diseases.

②Eat: Amaranth can be eaten raw or cooked, and the soft stems can be cooked like spinach. But don't use too much if you're not used to its strong flavor. The leaves at the top of the amaranth stems are soft enough to be cooked like dulse and can be used in soups or for salsas, mayonnaise and stews. Amaranth is made with grated turnips or mashed potatoes, and can also be cooked with onions or tomatoes, and its stems and leaves can be eaten pickled in vinegar.

3 medicinal use: Tibetan medicine Can Ge Ri: the whole grass for red and white dysentery, red and white leucorrhea, intestinal inflammation: external treatment of dengtan poisoning, carbuncle boils and poison, insect and snake bites "Tibetan Materia Medica". Amaranth: whole herb for dysentery, leucorrhea, enteritis, gonorrhea: externally for furuncles, carbuncles, boils, Chinese Tibetan Medicine. Amaranth: the whole herb is used for clearing heat and removing toxins, quenching thirst, killing worms, and is used for dysentery, swollen sores, gold sores, and internal fistulas 《朝药志》. De mail store: the whole herb for dysentery, swollen sores, gold sores, internal fistula "ethnopharmacognosy two".

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