What are the effects of Malan flower?

Amaranth is a very common plant that grows in large quantities in places with suitable high mountain altitudes. The flowers of Amaranth are very beautiful and highly ornamental. At the same time, Amaranth is also one of the most popular Chinese herbal medicines. Because using Malan flowers to treat diseases is a very traditional skill, let’s take a look at the effects and functions of Malan flowers.

Indications:

1. Amaranth flowers: taste salty, sour, slightly bitter, cool in nature, can clear away heat and detoxify. It can stop bleeding and act as a diuretic. It is mainly used to treat throat numbness, vomiting blood, epistaxis, urinary obstruction, gonorrhea, hernia, carbuncle, etc.

2. Malan flower seeds: sweet in taste, neutral in nature. It can clear away heat, detoxify, stop bleeding, and is mainly used to treat jaundice, diarrhea, leucorrhea, carbuncle, throat numbness, furuncle, wind-cold-dampness arthritis, vomiting blood, epistaxis, and metrorrhagia.

3. Amaranth leaves: treat throat paralysis, carbuncle, and gonorrhea.

4. Malan flower root: can clear away heat and detoxify, treat throat numbness, carbuncle, rheumatism and pain.

Single prescription, proven prescription

1. To treat throat congestion: Grind 30g each of Amaranthus flowers and Vitex rotundus into fine powder, take 1g each time, several times a day, with boiled water.

2. To treat urinary obstruction: 10g each of Amaranthus flowers, fennel and Ledebouriella seeds, fry them and grind them into powder, take 6g each time, and mix with warm wine. 3. To treat hernia: 60 grams of Amaranthus flowers (fried with radish seeds), 45 grams of Chuanlianzi (fried with orange seeds), 30 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa (fried with wine), 6 grams of costus root, grind them into fine powder, take 3-6 grams each time, mix with rice wine, and take on an empty stomach.

4. Treatment of sores, boils and carbuncles: 6 grams of Amaranthus flowers, 30 grams of dandelion and 30 grams of plantain grass, decocted in water and taken, 1 dose per day.

5. Treatment of bone tuberculosis: Fry the amaranth seeds in an iron pan until dry, grind into powder, and take with water, 3 times a day, 5-7 grams each time. Reduce the dosage for children. Use 2 parts of its powder. Mix 5 parts of Vaseline into an ointment for external application.

6. Contraception: 50 grams of amaranth seeds, mash them, add 2 bowls of water, boil into 1 bowl, add 250-500 grams of rice wine, cook for a while, and divide into 6 portions including the residue and soup. Take twice a day during menstruation for 3 consecutive days.

7. Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: 100 grams each of Amaranthus root and Xanthium root, 50 grams of sugar. Add 2000 ml of water and boil until it becomes 1000 ml. Take 70-80 ml each time, 3 times a day.

8. Treatment of chronic bronchitis: 15 grams of Malan flower root, decocted in water, 1 dose per day.