To harvest pull up the whole plant and cut the roots off, be sure to leave enough root to regrow your plant. Be sure to wash the roots off thoroughly and then set them out to dry. Once they are ready, cut them into small pieces and boil them. You will want to use around 1 1/2 cups of water per every two pinches.
Globe Amaranth Tea in Traditional Medicine. Globe amaranth has been used, and in some cases still is used, in Caribbean folk medicine. It is said to provide relief for many respiratory conditions and is often given to babies as a remedy for whooping cough. It has been used in this manner throughout the Caribbean for at least 150 years, and The tea’s flavor is more pronounced the more concentrated you brew it, that is with more berries per cup of water. Allowing the tea to steep for several hours also enhances the flavor. The one-pound bag of dried hawthorn berries I bought suggested one teaspoon of berries per cup of water, which the instructions said to steep for 3 to 5 minutes. How do we make tea? To prepare the dictamos tea, put 10-15gr leaves of the plant in half a liter of water. Allow to reach boiling temperature. Let it cool for about 20 minutes before filtering it and drinking it. When we dry his dried leaves in powder and we shed it into a wound it stops the blood. The plant can also be used in the bath.