Alias: yellow-blue, red-blue, red-blue flower, grass safflower, prickly safflower, safflower grass

Basic introduction of safflower

Cultivated species in the genus Safflower of the family of Asteraceae, annual or biennial herbs. It is also known as yellow-blue, red-blue, red-blue flower, grass safflower, prickly safflower and safflower grass. Safflower yield and oil content are high, cultivation and management is simple, suitable for mechanical farming, is an emerging oil crops. Medicinal safflower is generally for the dried flowers of Asteraceae safflower, summer flowers orange-red when picking, shade-dried, sun-dried or dried.

Safflower oil can be used to make margarine, cooking oil, mayonnaise and salad oil. Containing linoleic acid up to 73-80%, is a good dry oil; does not contain linolenic acid, suitable for the production of alkyd resins, flowers containing yellow pigment 20-30%, containing red pigment 0.3-0.6%, with the shell of the cake meal in the protein content of 19%, shelled cake meal protein content of 36%, China's long history of cultivation of safflower, since Wei to the present day for more than 1,700 years, Henan Province, as the main safflower producing areas and Henan Province has been the main saffron producing area for more than 1700 years since Wei Dynasty. The country has 25 provinces and cities (autonomous regions) are distributed, Xinjiang, Henan, Sichuan and Zhejiang and other places for the main producing areas.

The efficacy and role of saffron

The nature of warm, pungent flavor. Mainly used for promoting blood circulation, dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain. It is used for menstrual closure, dysmenorrhea, malodorous discharge, obstruction in the abdomen, bruises and injuries. Ancient people often in the blood in the body, often add a small saffron: gauze bag boiled available twice a day foot soak, for all kinds of varicose veins, peripheral neuritis, blood circulation.

Nutritional value of safflower

1. medicinal safflower, containing safflower quinone glycoside, new safflower glycoside, safflower glycoside, safflower yellow pigment and yellow pigment. It also contains safflower oil, which includes palmitic acid, myristic acid, lauric acid, stearic acid, arachidic acid and oleic acid.

2. The fruits are called "Bai Ping Zi", containing "safflower seed" oil, the oil can lower cholesterol and high blood lipids; soften and dilate blood vessels, anti-aging, endocrine regulation.

Saffron purchase

The flower color red and yellow, bright, dry, soft quality is good.