Hong+Hua+(Carthamus,+Safflower)

[[image:hong_hua.jpg width="150" height="402" align="right"]]Hong Hua (Carthamus, Safflower) ["Red Flower"]
Category: Herbs that Invigorate Blood & Remove Blood Stasis (to Regulate Menses) Nature : Warm Flavors: Acrid Channels: HT, LR

Functions: **Promote Blood circulation and remove Blood stasis**; **Relieve Pain** Indications: 1. Dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, abdominal pain after childbirth 2. Masses, traumatic injury due to blood stasis 3. Dark red eruption on the skin due to heat and Blood stagnation

Dosage: 3-10g. Contra: **during pregnancy**. Use Caution in patients with bleeding. Misc: Often combined w/ Tao Ren