The efficacy and function of safflower

Chinese medicinal materials are very common, and there are many types of them. There are also some differences in their efficacy. Therefore, you need to have a good understanding before choosing. Do you know about the medicinal material safflower?

【Alias】

Red lips

【source】

Lamiaceae

Red lips

of

Whole herb

. Collected in summer and autumn. Cut and dry.

[Original form]

Annual or perennial herb, about 1 meter high, covered with white hairs. The rhizome is horizontal, semi-woody, brown, and has fine fibrous roots. The stem is quadrangular and covered with white bristles. The leaves are simple, opposite, ovate or triangular, 3.5 to 5 cm long, 1.6 to 3 cm wide, gradually pointed at the apex, cordate to truncate at the base, with blunt serrations on the margins. The flowers are gathered in multiple whorls of terminal racemes, with 6 to 10 flowers in each whorl, and the inflorescence is 14 to 20 cm long; the calyx is tubular and bell-shaped, green or purplish red, with long white hairs on the outside and on the serrated margins, 2 lips, the upper lip is entire, and the lower lip is 2-lobed; the corolla is dark red, 20 to 25 mm long, the upper lip is erect, concave at the apex, the lower lip is twice as long as the upper lip, and 3-lobed; there are 2 stamens, and the filaments are long and protruding; the style is equal to the stamens. The nutlets are brown and oblong. Flowering period is from July to August. Fruiting period is October.

【Habitat distribution】

Grown in wet grass near fields and roadsides, or cultivated.

【Nature and flavor】

Astringent, slightly bitter, cool.

【Function and indications】

Cool blood and stop bleeding, clear away heat and remove dampness. Treats uterine bleeding, high fever, and abdominal pain in women.

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After learning so much about the various aspects of the Chinese medicine safflower, I believe that we can remain calm when facing the troubles of illness and treat the treatment of the disease correctly.