The word "safflower" comes from "new plant", which is the flower of safflower, an annual herb in Compositae. Often dry, raw. Many people are asking about the benefits of safflower to human body? Let's take stock of the effect and function of the flower flavor meridian tropism.
Efficacy and application:
1. Huoxue Tongjing is used for syndrome of blood stagnation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum stasis and abdominal pain. This product has a strong effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It is commonly used in the treatment of blood stasis syndrome, especially in the treatment of pain. Therefore, it is often used for the syndrome of amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea caused by blood stasis. It can work if used alone. It is more often used together with peach kernel, angelica and chuanxiong, such as Taohong Siwu Decoction.
2. It can remove blood stasis and relieve pain. It is used for the accumulation of symptoms, the pain of heart and abdomen stasis, the injury of bruise, the pain of blood vessel occlusion and purple swelling, etc. This product can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, clear blood vessels, eliminate swelling and relieve pain. It can be used to treat syndrome accumulation, such as trigonometry, Curcuma, etc., injury caused by injury due to falling, stasis, swelling and pain, with hematoxylin, frankincense, myrrh, etc., or wiped with tincture of safflower and safflower oil; it can be used to treat heart stasis, chest stuffiness and heartache, with Ramulus Cinnamomi, Trichosanthes, Salvia miltiorrhiza, etc.
3. It can activate blood and turn spots. It is used for those with dark macula, heat stagnation and blood stasis. It is often used with angelica, Shicao, Folium Isatidis, etc. to activate blood and cool blood, release heat and detoxify.
[sex, taste, meridian] spicy, warm. Return to the heart, liver channel. [usage and dosage] decocting, 3-9g; appropriate for external use.
[attention to use] this product has strong ability of removing blood stasis, so pregnant women should not take it, and those with bleeding tendency should not use it more.
[modern research] the product contains safflorin, anthocyanin, safflorin, anthocyanin and new anthocyanin. It also contains safflower oil. Honghua decoction can mildly excite the heart, increase coronary flow, alleviate acute myocardial ischemia and slow down the heart rate. Safflor can improve the ability of anti hypoxia, antagonize arrhythmia caused by aconitine, inhibit platelet aggregation and increase fibrinolysis. Safflower oil can also reduce blood lipid. In addition, it can regulate the immune function and excite the uterus, especially the pregnant uterus.