Category
Invigorate the Blood
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Carthami Flos
English Name
Safflower Flower
Dosage
3-9g
Entering Channels
HT
Flavor
acrid
Temperature
warm
Pregnancy
Pregnancy - Contraindicated
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Chinese Herbal Formulas (Comprehensive List)
Individual Essential Oils
Kampo Name
Kampo Number
Kanji
Katakana
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Key Characteristics:
Cautions & Contraindications:
- Contraindicated during pregnancy.
- Contraindicated when there is any problem related to bleeding, such as hemorrhagic disease or peptic ulcers.
Actions & Indications:
- Invigorates the blood, dispels stasis, and unblocks menstruation: for a wide variety of problems due to blood stasis. Because it is particularly effective in unblocking the menses, in women it is used for blood stasis patterns with amenorrhea, abdominal pain, postpartum dizziness, retained lochia, and abdominal masses. Other uses include trauma, nonsuppurative sores, carbuncles, and dark purplish erythema. Also for incomplete expression of the rash of measles or painful obstruction of the chest due to blood stasis.
