Does safflower cause internal heat?

Safflower is a relatively common Chinese medicinal ingredient and is also a food that can be directly used to make tea. Drinking safflower tea is very beneficial to people's blood circulation and can also greatly improve people's physical health. However, it should be noted that you should not drink too much safflower, because if you consume too much safflower, it can easily lead to adverse symptoms such as getting a sore throat!

1. The efficacy and function of safflower

1. Remove blood stasis and eliminate spots

Safflower can also invigorate blood circulation and unclog meridians to achieve the effect of removing blood stasis and eliminating spots. It can be used to treat symptoms such as dark macules and rashes caused by stagnation of blood stasis and heat. At the same time, it can effectively prevent and improve skin problems such as measles and rashes, and is an excellent product for women's beauty and skin care.

2. Promote blood circulation and menstruation

Safflower is pungent, dispersing, warming and unblocking. It enters the blood and can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and relieve dysmenorrhea. It is an excellent daily health product for women and the elderly, but the dosage should not be too large. In fact, safflower’s blood-dissolving effect is stronger than its blood-activating effect. It is commonly used by women to regulate menstruation. It can often be used to treat dysmenorrhea, menstrual disorders, amenorrhea and abdominal pain, as well as postpartum lochia and abdominal pain.

3. Lowering blood lipids

The safflower oil contained in safflower has the effect of lowering blood lipids and can reduce the levels of total cholesterol, total fat, glyceryl trinitrate and non-esterified fatty acids in the blood.

4. Lowers blood pressure

The safflower yellow pigment contained in safflower can dilate peripheral blood vessels, inhibit platelet aggregation, enhance fibrinolysis, and reduce whole blood viscosity, thereby lowering blood pressure.

5. Reduce swelling and relieve pain

Safflower has the effect of reducing swelling and relieving pain. It is suitable for a variety of blood stasis diseases, such as chest pain, heart pain, rib and abdominal pain, subcutaneous cyanosis, hemiplegia caused by stroke, etc. In addition, safflower is very effective in treating numbness or blood stasis in the limbs caused by trauma, injuries, wounds and strain.

2. Taboos on eating safflower

Pregnant women should never take safflower as it may cause adverse effects on both the pregnant woman and the fetus. Safflower has a stimulating effect on the uterus and intestines, which can easily lead to ischemia and hypoxia of the fetus in the uterus, causing fetal maldevelopment and deformity, and even causing miscarriage, premature birth and stillbirth.

Nowadays, some people take safflower as a health product for a long time. However, they don’t know that long-term use of safflower may cause symptoms of chronic safflower poisoning. Modern medicine has confirmed that long-term consumption of safflower can cause serious damage to the nervous, urinary and digestive systems, and can be accompanied by adverse reactions such as skin allergies and anaphylactic shock. People with ulcers and hemorrhagic diseases should use safflower with caution and the dosage should not be large, 3 to 9 grams is appropriate.

3. How to eat safflower

Black Bean and Safflower Drink

Ingredients: 30 grams of black beans, 6 grams of safflower, 30 grams of brown sugar.

Method: Add appropriate amount of black beans and safflower to water, boil over high heat for 4 minutes, then simmer until the black beans are cooked. Remove the black beans and safflower, and add brown sugar to taste. Take 2 cups each time, 2 times a day.

Efficacy: Promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, relieve acute and acute pain.