This cheap vegetable is as good as beef and is affectionately called longevity vegetable.

Amaranth is a wild vegetable that grows in many places. Although easy to grow, amaranth has a very good effect on cooling the liver and clearing heat. In addition, this vegetable is also known as a very effective medicine.

Health benefits of amaranth

Dr. Quang Minh's article in the Health & Life Newspaper said that amaranth is a summer vegetable that has the effect of cooling the liver and clearing heat. There are many types of amaranth such as rice amaranth, spiny amaranth, and white amaranth. The large, purple-red leafed type is red amaranth, characterized by its succulent stem, which cooks quickly and is more delicious when cooked in soup. Red amaranth contains a lot of protein, glucid, vitamins, and minerals. The iron content in amaranth is higher than in spinach, and the calcium content is 3 times higher.

Unlike spiny amaranth and rice amaranth, red amaranth has small leaves about the size of two fingers put together, the stem and leaves are purple, when cooked the water has a beautiful bright red color.

The effects of amaranth have been scientifically proven:

Good for bones and joints

Amaranth contains many minerals that are beneficial to health, especially the calcium content in the vegetable is quite high, which few vegetables have. According to statistics, amaranth has three times more calcium than spinach and twice as much as milk.

Therefore, this is one of the superfoods that helps strengthen bones, reduce the risk of osteoporosis and seizures due to calcium deficiency.

Good for diabetes

Studies show that eating amaranth regularly helps stabilize blood sugar, which is very good for type 2 diabetes patients.

This vegetable also helps reduce the risk of diseases related to increased blood sugar levels such as obesity.

Prevent dental problems

The effects of amaranth help reduce oral complications such as pain, swollen gums, sore throat or mouth ulcers.

Prevent cardiovascular disease

Amaranth also has the ability to reduce cholesterol levels in the body. In addition, tocotrienol - a type of vitamin E in this vegetable also helps eliminate bad cholesterol and prevent coronary artery disease.

Improve anemia

Iron deficiency in the body can cause anemia. The rich iron content in amaranth helps increase hemoglobin and red blood cells, which is very beneficial for patients with anemia.

Improve digestion

Amaranth has a high fiber content (3 times higher than wheat). Therefore, it can help improve your digestive system and prevent constipation. This is also a very good vegetable for children and the elderly. Water boiled from fresh amaranth leaves also helps treat diarrhea, bleeding and dehydration.

Also, along with carrot juice, the cleansing properties of beetroot juice are very effective in curing ailments related to gallbladder and kidneys.

Some commonly used medicines have amaranth

Lesson 1: Helps with bowel movements: Pick a handful of red amaranth, wash and boil for 3 minutes, remove and mix with sesame oil or black sesame powder, eat with rice, very effective or you can use red amaranth to cook soup, also very effective in cases of constipation.

Lesson 2: Support treatment of high blood pressure: 20g red amaranth, 20g young plantain leaves, 20g young mulberry leaves. Wash all, put in a pot to cook soup, add spices to taste daily. 10 days 1 course.

Lesson 3: Cure heat in the blood causing itching and sores: 20g red amaranth, 12g honeysuckle, 16g horsetail, 16g licorice. Wash all ingredients, put them in a pot, add 750ml of water, boil down to 250ml, divide into 2 doses to drink during the day. 10 days for one course.

Lesson 4: Treating dysentery caused by heat: 20g red amaranth, 20g hairy dream leaf, 20g purslane, 16g licorice. Wash all, put in a pot, add 500ml of water, boil down to 200ml, divide into 2 doses to drink during the day. 10 days for one course. Or boil red amaranth until cooked, eat both the water and the solids. Eat about 20g each day, eat for a few days and you will be cured. You can add purslane.

Lesson 5: Women after giving birth have internal heat and constipation: 50g red beetroot, wash and cut into pieces, boil, remove the residue, take the water, add sticky rice and cook into porridge. Eat during the day, 5 days per course.

Lesson 6: Cooling, stimulating digestion: 100g red amaranth, 50g rice amaranth, 50g water spinach, 50g thin leaf tips or jute; cook with seasoning powder, shrimp powder or crab water.

Note when using amaranth: Amaranth is cool in nature, not suitable for people with chronic diarrhea and pregnant women with cold deficiency.

Above are the health benefits of amaranth. Please regularly add amaranth to your daily meals.

Thanh Thanh (Synthesis)

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