The efficacy and function of safflower?

Carthamus tinctorius is a kind of dry tubular flower in Panicum, which is long, bright red and soft in texture. Safflower has high medicinal value, and it

The efficacy and function of safflower?

Carthamus tinctorius is a kind of dry tubular flower in Panicum, which is long, bright red and soft in texture. Safflower has high medicinal value, and its medicinal history has been 1000 years. So what are there? Let me give you a detailed introduction, and let's get to know it together!

Introduction to safflower:

Safflower, also known as grass safflower. Dicotyledonous plant, Compositae, with dry tubular flowers, about 65438 0.5 cm long, orange-red, narrow tube, 5-lobed apex, narrow linear lobes, 5-7 mm long, 5 stamens, yellow anthers, combined into a tube, with stigma exposed in the center above the lobes. It has a special aroma and a slightly bitter taste. It is best to have long flowers, bright red colors and soft texture. Location: Henan, Zhejiang and Sichuan. Promoting blood circulation and dredging channels, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. Drugs for promoting blood circulation and dredging menstruation.

What is this?

The efficacy of safflower:

Promoting blood circulation and dredging channels, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. Treat amenorrhea, abdominal mass, dystocia, stillbirth, postpartum lochia, blood stasis, carbuncle and traumatic injury.

1, "Tang Herbal Medicine": "Curing mouth pain, blood stasis and postpartum diseases."

2, "Kaibao Materia Medica": "The main postpartum blood is astringent, the blood in the abdomen is not limited, colic, stillbirth, cooked with wine. It is also the main poison of human blood. "

3, "Compendium of Materia Medica": "The throat is blocked and the juice is swallowed."

4. "Outline": "Promoting blood circulation, moistening dryness, relieving pain, reducing swelling and dredging menstruation."

5, "Materia Medica": "The blood heat of acne is difficult to come out, and the rash is stagnant."

6. Continuation of Materia Medica: "diuresis to reduce swelling, giving birth to a fetus and stillbirth."

The function of safflower:

1, treating acute and chronic muscle strain.

5% injection is made of safflower and injected at pain points or acupoints along meridians. After the needle is stuck, insert it first, and then inject the liquid medicine after the patient feels swelling and pain. Each point is 0.5~ 1 ml, 1 time daily or every other day, and the course of treatment depends on the condition. Observation 132 cases. After 3~ 15 times of treatment, 5 1 case was cured * * 37.8% * *, 49 cases were markedly effective * * 37. 1% * *, and 2 1 case was improved * *. Partial injection was cured for 5~6 times, and no recurrence was found over 1 year. No adverse reactions were found during the treatment; Some patients feel sore after the first injection, but they can gradually reduce it later. Generally, the treatment is continued without adjuvant drugs.

2. Treat subcutaneous congestion and swelling caused by abrasions and sprains.

Take dry safflower and soak it in 40% alcohol at the ratio of 1% for one week. After the safflower is yellow and white, filter it with gauze. When in use, it is diluted with 1 times distilled water, soaked with absorbent cotton and bandaged. If heated, the effect will be more obvious. Depending on the severity of the wound, the number of dressing changes will increase or decrease. 775 cases of traumatic injury were treated, 347 cases were cured, 399 cases were improved and 29 cases were ineffective. Mild patients can recover in 2~3 days, and severe patients will lose congestion and swelling in 3 ~ 5 days after application. In addition, 59 cases of tenosynovitis were treated, 8 cases were cured/kloc-0, 39 cases were improved and 2 cases were ineffective. In addition, this product is also effective in the early stage of boils, but it is ineffective for those who have suppurated.

Step 3 treat bedsores

500 grams of Carthamus tinctorius is added with 7000 ml of water and boiled for about 2 hours, then the liquid is filtered and boiled for about 3-4 hours with slow fire to make it gelatinous. When in use, it is coated on gauze and attached to the affected part, and covered and fixed with sterilized gauze. Change the dressing every other day 1 time. According to the observation of 24 bedsores in 20 cases, 8 cases were cured within 5 times, 0 cases were cured within 65,438+065,438+00 times, and 5 cases were cured over 65,438+00 times * * Among them, 2 cases were cured 20-25 times, with a course of 65,438+0-2 years * *.

4. Treat coronary heart disease

Carthamus tinctorius 5 yuan, Radix Curcumae 6 yuan, Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae 6 yuan, Fructus Trichosanthis 1 as one dose, decocted into fluid extract, dried and crushed, and pressed into 30 pieces. Each time 10 tablet, 3 times a day, 4 weeks as a course of treatment. A total of 44 cases were observed. After 2 ~ 4 courses of treatment, more than 90% of angina pectoris patients' symptoms were relieved to varying degrees, of which 48.8% were obviously improved, 465,438+0.5% * *. The total effective rate of ECG was 63.5%***, the remarkable effect was 40.9%, and the improvement was 22.6%***. It has been preliminarily proved that it has a good curative effect on mild and moderate chronic coronary heart disease and angina pectoris, and has the following characteristics: the curative effect appears quickly * * * 1 the symptoms are improved by 75.6% * * *; The curative effect is relatively stable during the medication period, and the withdrawal rate of * * * * drugs is100% * * *; Third, it is equally effective for patients with stage I and stage II hypertension. After taking the medicine, there were few side effects, except for 1 case with short-term epigastric discomfort and mild diarrhea, there were no adverse reactions affecting appetite and gastrointestinal function.

5. Treatment of calluses

Take 40 grams of Carthamus tinctorius and 40 grams of Cortex Lycii, grind them into fine powder, add appropriate amount of glycerol * * about 100 g * * and mix them evenly for later use. Wash your feet with warm soapy water before taking the medicine, dry them, apply oil to the soles of your feet, and wrap them with disinfectant dressing twice a day. Dressing can be cured in more than a week. If pus accumulates in the calluses, you can gently puncture and drain the pus with a sterile plum blossom needle, and then apply the medicine, and you can recover in a few days.