{"id":1568,"date":"2013-03-03T05:25:05","date_gmt":"2013-03-03T05:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1568"},"modified":"2013-03-27T04:46:31","modified_gmt":"2013-03-27T04:46:31","slug":"safflower-carthamus-tinctorius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/?p=1568","title":{"rendered":"Safflower ~ Carthamus tinctorius"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Safflower<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Latin name<\/em>: Carthamus tinctorius<\/strong><\/p>\n

Family<\/em>: Asteraceae<\/p>\n

Part used<\/em>: flowers<\/p>\n

Habitat<\/em>: indigenous to Asia; cultivated in other parts of the world<\/p>\n

Main constituents<\/em>: carthamone, lignans, polysaccharide<\/p>\n

Energetics<\/em>: warm, spicy<\/p>\n

Main herbal actions<\/em>: laxative, diuretic, vasodilator for coronary arteries, hypotensive anti-inflammatory, reduces platelet aggregation, lowers blood lipids, analgesic, anti-spasmodic, immune stimulant, anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, interferon induction<\/p>\n

Minor herbal actions<\/em>: uterine stimulant, abortificant, emmenagogue, diuretic, diaphoretic<\/p>\n

Main medicinal uses<\/em>: measles, fevers, coronary diseases, thrombotic disorders<\/p>\n

Minor medicinal uses<\/em>: amenorrhea, contusions, strains, ulcers, wounds<\/p>\n

Preparations<\/em>: oil (external)<\/p>\n

Contraindications<\/em>: concurrent use of blood thinning medications, pregnancy, menorrhagia<\/p>\n

Toxicity<\/em>: long-term use may cause weight loss<\/p>\n

Sources<\/em>: Wren, R.C. Potter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s New Encyclopedia of Botanical Drugs and Preparations<\/span>; http:\/\/www.herbalists.on.ca\/resources\/freeman\/CARTHAMU.html
\n\u00c2\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Module 2 lecture<\/span><\/h2>\n
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  • Vasodilator for coronary arteries<\/li>\n
  • Anti-spasmodic<\/li>\n
  • Very minor herb in Western Herbalism<\/li>\n
  • Part used: Flower<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Safflower Latin name: Carthamus tinctorius Family: Asteraceae Part used: flowers Habitat: indigenous to Asia; cultivated in other parts of the world Main constituents: carthamone, lignans, polysaccharide Energetics: warm, spicy Main herbal actions: laxative, diuretic, vasodilator for coronary arteries, hypotensive anti-inflammatory, reduces platelet aggregation, lowers blood lipids, analgesic, anti-spasmodic, immune stimulant, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[434,85,34,67,68,70,95,41,97,75,452,454,49,306,324,130,453,455,131,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-abortifacient","category-analgesic","category-anti-inflammatory","category-antibacterial","category-antifungal","category-antispasmodic","category-diaphoretic","category-diuretic","category-emmenagogue","category-hypotensive","category-immune-stimulant","category-interferon-induction","category-laxative","category-lowers-blood-lipids","category-module-2","category-spicy","category-vasodilator","category-vasodilator-for-coronary-arteries","category-warm","category-western-herbs","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1568"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1932,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1568\/revisions\/1932"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/PCC\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}