Safflower Carthamus tinctorius L.
Medicines that activate blood and resolve stasisWarm
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Traditional recorded function
Activate blood and unblock menstruation, dispel stasis and relieve pain
1. Used for Blood stasis dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum stasis-stagnation abdominal pain, etc. 2. Used for abdominal masses and accumulations, traumatic injury, chest and abdominal injury, and pain due to stasis obstruction in the chest and abdomen, etc. 3. Used for blood-heat with stasis-stagnation, and dark purplish macules and papules.
Nature & taste
PungentWarm
Meridians entered
HeartLiver
Botanical source
Accepted nameCarthamus tinctorius L.
FamilyAsteraceae
Herbal properties
WarmReducingDescendingDispersingMoistening
Found in these formulas
Bladder-Completing DrinkBlood Mansion Stasis-Expelling DecoctionDecoction for Unblocking the Orifices and Invigorating BloodDispel Wind and Invigorate Blood DecoctionKudzu and Safflower DecoctionMingmu Tuiyi Tang (Vision-Improving and Nebula-Removing Decoction)Peach Kernel and Safflower Four-Substance DecoctionPurple Gold Pill for Bone SettingSafflower WineSinew-Relaxing and Calming PowderTongluo Huoxue Fang (Formula for Unblocking Collaterals and Invigorating Blood)Traumatology Decoction for Restoring the Original and Invigorating BloodUnblocking and Guiding PowderUniversal Gout Pill for the Upper, Middle, and LowerWushe Rongpi Tang (Black Snake Skin-Nourishing Decoction)Yang-Supplementing Five-Returning DecoctionZhechong Yin