Uray / Kulitis / Amaranth Uses and Health Benefits

I hate this thorny weed but the young plant is good for stews, sinigang and other dishes. Choose young uray with no thorns. Discard thorny plants.
This weed has a lot of Medicinal Uses and seen in First Vita Plus Product
- Decoction of the root is useful in the treatment of gonorrhoea. A common venereal disease caused by the bacterium Neisseria gonorrhoeae; symptoms are painful urination and pain around the urethra.
- Bruised leaves are used locally for eczema. Generic term for inflammatory conditions of the skin; particularly with vesiculation in the acute stages.
- Plant is used as a sudorific and febrifuge and is recommended in eruptive fevers.
- Used as an antidote for snake-poison and as a lactagogue (enhance production of mother’s breastmilk).
- The plant is used as an expectorant and to relieve breathing in acute bronchitis.
- The root is known elsewhere as an effective diuretic. It is also useful in treatment of menorrhagia, an abnormally heavy or prolonged menstruation; can be a symptom of uterine tumors and can lead to anemia if prolonged.
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