Doctor Bon

The Red Amaranth is an herb grows in gardens and waste places. It attains a height of about 1 meter having alternate leaves which are red in color. The tiny flowers grow in clusters at the top of the stem and in the leaf axils. The seeds are very small, black and round.

Herbal use

1. Red Amaranth is used for treating acute abdominal pain and stomach ache, abnormal stoppage of menses and inflamed mucous membranes of the urethra and vagina.
2. Red Amaranth is used for chronic inflammation of the skin.
3. It promotes flow of milk in nursing mothers.
4. It is used as a laxative.
5. It softens inflamed parts.
6. Used in treating boils and burns.

Instructions

1. The root of the herb is used for acute abdominal pain, stomachache, abnormal stoppage of menses and inflamed mucous membranes of urethra and vagina.
2. Externally used as poultice, the paste of the whole plant is applied over inflamed skin.
3. The decoction of the root is also used for promoting the flow of milk in nursing mothers.
4. The leaves and the root are boiled together to make a tea which is given to children as a laxative.
5. The pounded plant is applied over boils and burns to soften the inflamed parts.

Major parts used

The whole plant.