(southern Yunnan materia medica)

The source is the whole grass and seeds of amaranth.

Amaranthus dentatus with plant morphology

Annual herb, 10 ~ 80 cm tall. Stems obliquely upward, branched at base, slightly ribbed, glabrous, light green to deep purple. The leaf blade is elliptic or rhombic, with a length of 1.5 ~ 4.5cm and a width of 1 ~ 3cm, the top is obtuse and rounded, the base is broadly wedge-shaped, and the whole edge is covered; Petiole length 1 ~ 3.5 cm. Flowers cluster in leaf axils and form terminal spikes in the later stage; Bracts scarious, oblong; Tepals 3, slender and rounded, with obtuse and slightly pointed apex, curved inward; Stamens 3; Stigma 3 or 2, linear. Utricle spherical or broadly ovoid, slightly flat, nearly smooth or slightly wrinkled, not dehiscent. The flowering period is from June to July.

Born in fields, roadsides and villages. Distributed in the north and south of China.

This species is very similar to wild amaranth, but the fruit of this species does not crack, while the fruit of this species usually cracks horizontally in a ring shape.

Collect whole grass or roots in summer and autumn, and use them fresh or dry them in the sun; Harvest the seeds when the fruit is ripe in autumn.

Sweet and cold.

① Southern Yunnan herbs: "Slightly warm in nature and salty in taste."

② Fujian Chinese herbal medicines: "Sweet in taste and cool in nature."

Indications: clearing away heat and toxic materials. Treat dysentery, red eyes, breast carbuncle and hemorrhoids.

(1) Su Shi's empathy: "When a bee stings, you should pound it with wild amaranth."

② Southern Yunnan herbs: "White people remove lung phlegm, while red people break their stomachs and accumulate blood. When red and white are used together, it can pat the accumulated belly hair, eliminate accumulated worms, kill white worms and relieve qi. Wash the skin and itch, and the skin is erratic. "

③ Illustration of Chinese Medicinal Plants: "Pain relieving, astringent, diuretic and antipyretic; Seeds can promote diuresis and improve eyesight. "

④ Fujian Chinese herbal medicine: "clearing away heat and toxic materials."

Oral administration and dosage: decocted, 0.5 ~ 4 Liang. External use: tamping.

Prescription ① Treatment of dysentery: fresh amaranth root 1-2 root, decocted in water.

② Treatment of liver heat with red eyes: wild amaranth seeds are decocted in one or two waters.

③ Treatment of breast abscess: fresh amaranth root 1 ~ 2 root, duck egg 1 root, decocted in water; In addition, fresh wild amaranth leaves and cold rice are mashed and applied externally.

④ Treatment of hemorrhoid swelling and pain: fresh amaranth root 1 ~ 2 root, pig large intestine 1 segment, decocted in water and taken before meals.

⑤ Treatment of snakehead boils: Mash fresh wild amaranth leaves and salt and apply them to the affected area.

⑥ Treatment of poisonous snake bite: fresh wild amaranth is one to two times of grass, squeezed and mashed; Or fresh whole grass, fresh bayberry bark, San Qian, water decoction and laxative San Qian clothes. (The selected prescription is Fujian Chinese herbal medicine)

Clinical application of goiter treatment

Take fresh roots of wild amaranth and pork, decoct them in water and take them twice after meals. Light 1 week, heavy 3 weeks can be effective.

Remind you: wild amaranth, Chinese herbal medicine, comes from the internet. Please follow the doctor's advice before use.