Amaranthus blitum Health Dictionary

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Linn. var. oleraceus Duthie

Family: Amaranthaceae.

Habitat: Throughout India.

English: Trailing Amaranth, Wild Blite.

Ayurvedic: Maarisha.

Siddha/Tamil: Aarumathathandu, Kiraitandu.

Folk: Marasaa.

Action: Cooling, stomachic, emollient. Used in biliousness, haemorrhagic diathesis.

Health Source: Indian Medicinal Plants
Author: Health Dictionary

Amaranthus Caudatus

Linn.

Family: Amaranthaceae.

Habitat: Grown as vegetable in northern India.

English: Love-Lies-Bleeding, Tassel Flower.

Ayurvedic: Raam-daanaa (grain).

Siddha/Tamil: Pungikeerai, Siru- keerai.

Folk: Chuko.

Action: Blood-purifier, diuretic; used in piles, strangury, dropsy and anasarca; tea has been used for relieving pulmonary conditions; also given in scrofula and applied to scrofulous sores. Antimicrobial peptides have been isolated from seeds.

In Western herbal medicine, LoveLies-Bleeding is equated with Amaranthus hypochondriacus, and is used for ulcers, diarrhoea, as well as inflammation of the mouth and throat.

Preliminary evidence suggests that Amaranth seed can reduce total cholesterol and LDL, while increasing HDL, but Amaranth muffins failed to reduce cholesterol levels in hypercholes- terolemic adults beyond the reduction achieved by low-fat diet. (Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database, 2007.)... amaranthus caudatus

Amaranthus Spinosus

Linn.

Family: Amaranthaceae.

Habitat: Cultivated fields, waste places and along roadsides.

English: Spiny Amaranth, Thorny Amaranth, Spiny Pigweed.

Ayurvedic: Tanduliya, Tandulaka, Meghnaad, Megharava, Vishaghn, Alpamaarish.

Siddha/Tamil: Mullukkeerai.

Folk: Katili-chaulai.

Action: Galactogenic, laxative, emollient, spasmolytic, diuretic. Pollen extract—used for allergic asthma and allergic rhinitis. Root— used in menorrhoea.

Plant contains sterols. Leaves and stems contain alpha-spinasterol and hentriacontane. Leaves also contain amino acids with high content of lysine.

Dosage: Whole plant—10-20 ml juice; 400-800 mg powder. (CCRAS.)... amaranthus spinosus

Amaranthus Tricolor

Linn.

Synonym: A. gangeticus Linn. A. melancholicus Linn. A. polygamus Linn. Hook. f. in part. A. tristis Linn.

Family: Amaranthaceae.

Habitat: Cultivated throughout India.

English: Chinese Spinach, Garden Amaranth, Fountain Plant.

Ayurvedic: Maarisha-rakta (red var.).

Siddha/Tamil: Arai-keerai, Siru- keerai, Thandu-keerai, Mulakkerai (Tamil).

Folk: Laal Shaak, Laal Marashaa.

Action: Astringent (in menorrhagia, leucorrhoea, dysentery, diarrhoea, haemorrhagic colitis); also used in cough, bronchitis and consumption; externally emollient.

The plant contains amarantin, isoa- marantin, betaine, amino acids, sterols.

Dosage: Leaf, seed, root—10-20 ml juice. (API Vol. III.) Powder—2- 4 g. (CCRAS.)... amaranthus tricolor

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