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Pin Yin: hong hua
Common name: safflower
Botanical family: Compositae
Botanical name: Carthamus tinctorius L.
Primary action: Quicken Blood, Transform Stasis
Temperature: warm
Taste: acrid
Entering Channel: Ht, Lv
Actions:
Quickens Blood and promotes menstruation; for Blood Stasis in the
lower abdomen, for hepatomegaly and splenomegaly.
Quickens Blood, Transforms Stasis and relieves pain; used for traumatic injuries
with Blood Stasis and pain and for dark, purplish erythema, carbuncles
or sores.
(See
Blood Stasis
;
Liver Blood Stasis
.)
Dosage:
0.5-3 qian.
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