What are the medicinal values ​​of safflower?

Anyone who is familiar with Chinese medicinal materials knows safflower. In fact, safflower is a very common and cheap Chinese medicinal material on the market. If you use safflower to make tea, it can have many functions. It’s just that many people don’t know how to use safflower. They only know that safflower is a kind of Chinese medicine that can relieve pain, promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and is very good for the human cardiovascular system.

【Nature and flavor】Pungent, warm.

① "Kaibao Materia Medica": "pungent, warm, non-toxic."

② "Tangye Bencao": "spicy, sweet, warm and bitter."

[return through meridians] enters the heart and liver meridians.

① "Leigong Paozhi Yaoxing Jie": "Enters the heart and liver meridians."

② "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Enters the liver meridian of foot Jueyin and the lung meridian of hand Taiyin."

③ "New Compendium of Materia Medica": "It enters the liver and kidney meridians."

【Functions and indications】Promote blood circulation and regulate menstruation, remove blood stasis and relieve pain. It is used to treat amenorrhea, abdominal masses, dystocia, stillbirth, postpartum lochia, pain caused by blood stasis, carbuncle, and injuries from falls.

① "Tang Materia Medica": "It can treat lockjaw, blood clots, and postpartum diseases."

② "Kaibao Materia Medica": "It is used to treat postpartum blood circulation, lockjaw, abdominal blood retention, colic, and fetal death in the abdomen. It can be boiled and taken with wine. It is also used to treat bleeding caused by poison."

③ "Compendium of Materia Medica" says: "If the throat is blocked and obstructed, mash the juice and swallow it."

④ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can activate blood circulation, moisten dryness, relieve pain, dissipate swelling, and regulate menstruation."

⑤ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "The blood heat in smallpox is difficult to come out, and the blood stagnation in macules and rashes cannot be eliminated."

⑥ "New Materia Medica": "It can promote diuresis and reduce swelling, stabilize pregnancy and abort stillbirth."

[Usage and Dosage] For internal use: decoct in water, 1 to 2 qian; make into powder or soak in wine, or mash into juice if fresh. For external use: grind into powder and sprinkle.

This article tells you in detail the medicinal value of safflower. So when we fall or have blood bruises in the body, we can use safflower. Not only can we decoct the medicine and take it, but we can also mash the fresher safflower into juice and apply it to the affected area.