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Carthamus tinctorius L.

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Honghua, Flos Carthami, is the dry flower of Carthamus tinctorius L. (Asteraceae) collected in summer when the flowers have turned red. It is listed officially in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia and is used in traditional Chinese medicine as a hemokinetic and analgesic for treatment of menorrhalgia and traumatic diseases.

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Tang, W., Eisenbrand, G. (1992). Carthamus tinctorius L.. In: Chinese Drugs of Plant Origin. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-73739-8_35

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