Safflower (Honghua)
Pharmaceutical Name: Flos Carthami
Botanical Name: Carthamustinctorius L. (Fam. Asteraceae)
Common Name: Carthamus, Safflower.
Source of Earliest Record: Kaibao
Bencao.
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The flowers are gathered in summer, when they turn bright
red. They are then dried in the shade.
Properties & Taste: Pungent and
warm.
Meridians: Heart and liver.
Functions: 1. To invigorate blood and
release stagnation; 2. To promote menstruation
Indications & Combinations:
1. For dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea due to Blood Stasis, postpartum
abdominal pain due to retention of Blood Stasis, masses in the abdomen, and
traumatic pain, it is used with Semen Persicae (Tao Yen), Radix Angelicae
Sinensis (Dang Gui), Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong (Chuan Xiong), and Radix Peoniae
Rubra (Chi Shao).
2. For chest pain due to obstruction of Qi in the chest, it is used
with Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae (Dan Shen), Rhizoma Ligustici Chuanxiong (Chuan
Xiong), and Radix Peoniae Rubra (Chi Shao). For pains in the hypochondria due
to Blood Stasis, it is used with Gummi Olibanum (Ru Xiang) and Myrrha (Mo Yao).
For traumatic pain, it is used with Lignum Sappan (Su Mu), Sanguis Draconis
(Xue Jie), and Moschus (She Xiang).
Dosage: 3-10 g, decocted in water for an oral dose.
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