Red Sweat Lettuce is usually called amaranth, which contains a lot of lysine, vitamin C, iron, calcium and other ingredients, and is a common vegetable in people's daily life.

Amaranth can replenish qi, clear heat, brighten the eyes, slip the fetus, benefit the large and small intestines, and can play a role in promoting the growth of teeth and bones. The red amaranth is flat in nature, in the clearing of heat at the same time there is a certain tonic and nourish the blood to stop bleeding effect, especially suitable for people who have a cold spleen and stomach or weak body to eat.

But at the same time, it should be noted that the spleen is weak and easy to diarrhea or loose stools should be taken with caution; vegetative solar dermatitis should be eaten with caution, or eaten to reduce the chance of being directly exposed to bright light so as not to cause an allergic reaction.

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Amaranth's other classifications and consumption

White amaranth: tastes smoother and more tender than red amaranth and has the effect of cleansing the liver and detoxifying the toxins, cooling the blood, dispersing stagnation, and is good for White amaranth is also useful in the treatment of red and swollen throats caused by summer heat or damp heat.

Wild amaranth: It is effective in clearing away heat and removing toxins, and in inducing water and removing dampness. Among the four kinds of amaranth, wild amaranth is the most cold and cool, and has the strongest effect of clearing away heat and removing toxins. It is not suitable for those who have a cold spleen and stomach and are weak to eat more.

Amaranth: cool in nature, entering the large intestine meridian, especially good at clearing heat and diuresis, detoxification and cooling of blood. For damp-heat diarrhea or dampness enteritis dysentery and other diseases is very good medicine and food products. Cooking into the soup, amaranth is best eaten at the top of the young shoots part.

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