Can babies eat amaranth?

Amaranth is a vegetable we are very familiar with. Amaranth is suitable for any group of people, so both the elderly and children can eat amaranth. Amaranth is a vegetable suitable for all ages. We also call amaranth duckweed or crab vegetable. Amaranth is very nutritious, so we often use amaranth as the main ingredient and match it with other ingredients to make a variety of delicious and healthy dishes.

Eating amaranth regularly can bring us a healthy body, because amaranth is not only edible but also medicinal, and has very high medicinal value. So is amaranth suitable for babies to eat? Let's take a look at the analysis below.

Effects

Amaranth can replenish qi, clear away heat, improve eyesight, promote miscarriage, and benefit the large and small intestines. It can also promote the growth of teeth and bones, maintain normal myocardial activity, and prevent muscle spasms. It also has the functions of promoting blood coagulation, increasing hemoglobin content and oxygen carrying capacity, and promoting hematopoiesis. It can also help lose weight, cleanse the body, promote detoxification and prevent constipation.

Medicinal value

Flavor

[Entry into Meridians]: Cool in nature, slightly sweet in flavor; enters the lung and large intestine meridians.

effect

【Indications】: Clears heat and removes dampness, cools blood and stops bleeding, and stops dysentery. It is mainly used to treat red and white dysentery, constipation, red eyes, sore throat, nosebleed and other symptoms. The details are as follows:

Fruit: Clears the liver and improves eyesight. Used for corneal opacity, red and swollen eyes.

Root: cools blood, detoxifies, and stops diarrhea. Used for bacterial dysentery, enteritis, red and metrorrhagia, and hemorrhoids.

"Compendium of Materia Medica" states: "Purple Amaranth is used to treat diarrhea caused by qi, while Red Amaranth is used to treat diarrhea caused by blood."

"Compendium of Materia Medica": "Amaranthus chinensis benefits both the large and small intestines. It can treat initial dysentery and miscarriage."

"Southern Yunnan Materia Medica": "It can treat constipation, eliminate parasites, remove cold and heat, dredge blood vessels and remove blood stasis."

"Sui Xi Ju Food Recipe" says: "Amaranth connects the nine orifices. It actually nourishes the eyes and brightens the eyes, and the word amaranth comes from the character for seeing."

[Usage and Dosage]: 15-20 grams of seeds; 25-50 grams of roots.

【Excerpt】：《National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicines》

Dietary value

The stems and leaves of Amaranth, a herbaceous plant of the Amaranthaceae family. The leaves are green, red, dark purple and other colors, and the red ones are better, and are called red amaranth or red amaranth. It is cultivated in all parts of China, harvested in spring and summer, with the roots removed and washed for use.

【Properties】: Sweet in taste, cold in nature. It can clear away heat and detoxify, promote diuresis and remove dampness, and facilitate bowel movements.

[Reference]: Contains a large amount of lysine, vitamin C, iron, calcium and other ingredients.

[Use]: Used for dysentery with blood in the stool or abdominal distension due to damp heat, pyrexia, short and red urine, and constipation in weak people and the elderly.

[Usage]: Decoction, porridge, or juice.

【Note】: People with spleen deficiency, prone to diarrhea or loose stools should take this medicine with caution. "Compendium of Materia Medica for Food Therapy" says: "Grind Amaranth and Purslane into fine powder, take equal parts, and take regularly by pregnant women to facilitate delivery." Li Shizhen also said that it can cause "miscarriage", so it is not suitable for pregnant women.

Above we introduced what Amaranth is. We know that Amaranth is not only rich in nutrients but also has medicinal effects. Amaranth is a vegetable that can be used as both medicine and food. Most people can eat Amaranth. Amaranth is one of our most common vegetables, so there are many ways to cook Amaranth. Babies can eat Amaranth, but don’t eat too much.