Sexual taste: pungent and warm. The medicinal properties of safflower tend to be warm, but it is not a hot and dry product. In China, there are mainly two kinds of traditional Chinese medicine, saffron and Sichuan saffron. The former is far stronger than the latter, and the price is very different. The function of safflower itself is to promote blood circulation, dredge menstruation, remove blood stasis and relieve pain.

The linoleic acid rich in safflower seed oil is unsaturated fatty acid, which is not only edible, but also used in medicine and health care products. Only when one acre of safflower produces 60 kilograms of safflower seeds can 10 liter of safflower seed oil be refined.

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Taboos for taking safflower

Pregnant women must not take safflower, which may have adverse effects on pregnant women and fetuses. Carthamus tinctorius has an exciting effect on uterus and intestine, which easily leads to fetal ischemia and hypoxia, fetal dysplasia and deformity, and even abortion, premature delivery and stillbirth.

Some people in modern times take safflower as a health care product for a long time. As everyone knows, taking safflower for a long time is likely to produce symptoms of chronic safflower poisoning. According to modern medicine, long-term consumption of safflower will cause serious damage to the nervous system, urinary system and digestive system, accompanied by adverse reactions such as skin allergy and anaphylactic shock.

People's Daily Online-Women's safflower health porridge recommended two kinds of porridge.