Safflower alias red grass, thorn safflower, safflower Du, gold flowers. Trade name Du safflower: those produced in Ningbo, Zhejiang. Good quality. Annual herbaceous plant morphology, height of about 1m. Stems erect, much branched top. Leaves oblong, apex acute, sessile, base amplexicaul, feather edge cracked teeth, teeth-terminal spines, glabrous; upper leaves smaller, into a flower-like bract-like shape around. 

 Flower oil high in unsaturated fatty acids, the linoleic acid content as high as 70-80% of the human cardiovascular system has good health effects, while safflower oil contains more vitamin E (146mg/100ml ) These are the fats and oils can not match. Safflower oil for human consumption not only directly, but also has good health effects, but also can develop linoleic acid capsules, vitamin E and cosmetics, safflower oil, safflower protein in the stalk meal is a high value-added products. 

 Safflower for people: pregnant women and menorrhagia are forbidden to take. 

 Safflower therapeutic effects: Safflower Pungent, warm, heart, liver; gas line loose incense, into the blood; with promoting blood circulation, blood stasis and pain efficacy; treating dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum blood halo, stasis stagnation, abdominal pain, chest pain, blood volume, bone bruising, joint pain, stroke, paralysis, rash, dark purple. 

 Safflower practice guidance: 
 1, transfer blood and blood should be small, should be a large amount of blood Po Yu. 
 2 women stasis closed, dysmenorrhea, with angelica root, peach kernel, such as compatibility, nourishing blood to pass through. 
 3, stasis abdominal pain postpartum, lochia, or those caused by blood halo, with dry leaves, Puhuang, angelica and other combination. 
 4, prolonged labor or postpartum women, no less than afterbirth, could urgently Jiuzhu saffron gravy drink; or Achyranthes Chuanxiong, Angelica with Wu.