[hong hua] Flos Carthami The dried flowers of Carthamus tinctorius L. (family Compositae). it is used to stimulate blood flow and relieve pain by removing stagnated blood for the treatment of amenorrhea, chest and abdominal pain, painful swellings due to bloodstasis, hepatomegaly adn splenomegaly; also used for pain of traumatic wounds.

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