Ayurvedic Medicinal Plants
Amaranthus spinosus
Family: Amaranthaceae (Amaranth family)
Botanical name: Amaranthus spinosus
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Tanduliuyah
English: Prickly Amaranth, Edlebur, Needle burr, Spiny amaranth, Thorny amaranth
Hindi: Kanta chaulai
Malayalam: Kattumullenceera Kattumullenkeera
Botanical name: Amaranthus spinosus
PLANT NAME IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES
Sanskrit: Tanduliuyah
English: Prickly Amaranth, Edlebur, Needle burr, Spiny amaranth, Thorny amaranth
Hindi: Kanta chaulai
Malayalam: Kattumullenceera Kattumullenkeera
MEDICINAL PROPERTIES
An annual spinescent herb, 30-60 cm high. Leaves 3.75 cm long, ovate or oblong, obtuse. Flowers very numerous, sessile, in dense axillary clusters and in terminal dense or interrupted spikes.
The whole plant of Prickly Amaranth is used to internal bleeding, diarrhoea, excessive menstruation and broken bones. It is also used in the treatment of snake bites.