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Safflower
Safflower. Class: Blood Activating Stasis Removing Drugs. Properties: Pungent; Warm. Meridians: Heart; Liver
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Hong Hua
中文名 (Chinese)
红花
Latin Name
Flos Carthami; Carthami Flos
English Name
Safflower
Alias Names
红蓝花刺红花草红花
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Warm
Meridians (归经)
Heart; Liver
Part Used
Flower
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Blood Activating Stasis Removing Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
活血祛瘀药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
To activate blood circulation and stimulate menstrual discharge, and to remove blood stasis and relieve pain.
Indication (主治)
Amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, retention of lochia, angina pectoris, cerebral thrombosis, neurodermatitis, concretion and conglomeration, lump glomus, knocks and falls, swollen pain due to bleeding.
Clinical Manifestations
1. its decoction stimulates uteri and intestines of experimental animals in vitro.2. it sdecoction increases coronary flow and lowers blood pressure in dogs.3. small dose of its decoction mildly stimulates and large dose inhibits the heart of toads.
🔗 External References
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Clinical Trials
1
Meta-Analyses
5
PubMed References
Top Conditions Studied with Safflower
📋 Sample Trials
None linked yet.
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
CRD42022323171
Comparative effectiveness of vegetable oils on metabolic status in patients with metabolic disorders: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled clinical trials
In the 2015-2020 dietary guidelines for Americans, foods rich in unsaturated fat
📚 Sample References
PMID 33204394
Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Potentials of Seed Oil from Carthamus tinctorius L. in the Management of Skin Injuries
Oxid Med Cell Longev · 2020
PMID 34487844
Safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) oil could improve abdominal obesity, blood pressure, and insulin resistance in patients with metabolic syndrome: A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial
J Ethnopharmacol · 2021
PMID 34730571
Safflower leaf ameliorates cognitive impairment through moderating excessive astrocyte activation in APP/PS1 mice
Food Funct · 2021
PMID 36029874
Maternal safflower oil consumption improve reflex maturation, memory and reduces hippocampal oxidative stress in the offspring rats treated during pregnancy and lactation
J Affect Disord · 2022
PMID 36332390
Carthami flos extract against carbon tetrachloride-induced liver fibrosis via alleviating angiogenesis in mice
Phytomedicine · 2022
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