1. Safflower activates blood circulation and stimulates menstruation, removes blood stasis and relieves pain. Treat amenorrhea, ejaculation, dystocia, stillbirth, postpartum lochia, blood stasis and pain, carbuncle, and fall injury. Pregnant women should avoid using it, and those with ulcers and bleeding diseases should use it with caution (decoction and dosage should not be large).

2. Safflower has a certain degree of toxicity and should not be taken in large amounts for a long time. Long-term use of safflower will cause serious damage to the nervous, urinary, and digestive systems, and may also be accompanied by skin allergies, anaphylactic shock and other adverse effects. reaction.

3. Safflower, dicotyledonous plant, annual herbaceous plant. The plant height is 30-80cm, the stem is upright, the base is lignified, the surface has fine lines and grooves, and the upper part has branches. The leaves are alternate, the inflorescence is large, terminal, the bracts are multi-row, the apex is sharp, the outer 2-3 layers are leaf-like and lanceolate, the torus is flat, the stamens are 5, the anthers are aggregated, the pistil is 1, the style is slender, elongated Outside the anther tube, the stigma has 2 lobes, the lobes are short and tongue-shaped. Achenes are oval or obovate, with white, gray or dark striped seeds. Pappus absent or scaly. The flowering period is from May to July, and the fruiting period is from July to September.