红花子，中药名。为菊科植物红花Carthamus tinctorius L.的成熟种子。具有生干生热，清除异常黏液质，化痰止咳，通利肠道，稀化过浓体液，除郁养心，祛风止痒的功效。主治湿寒性或黏液质性疾病，如痰多咳嗽，大便不通，肠道绞痛，抑郁症，心悸，麻风病，皮肤瘙痒。
Hong-hua-zi, name of Chinese Medicinal Material. efers to the mature seeds of the chrysanthemum plant Carthamus tinctorius L. It has the functions of generating dryness and heat, clearing abnormal viscous phlegm, resolving phlegm and stopping cough, promoting bowel movement, diluting excessively thick body fluids, nourishing the heart by dispelling depression, and dispelling wind and stopping itching. It is used to treat diseases caused by damp-cold or excessive phlegm, such as cough with excessive phlegm, constipation, colic, depression, palpitations, leprosy, and itchy skin.

功效作用 功能
The efficacy and functions.

生干生热，清除异常黏液质，化痰止咳，通利肠道，稀化过浓体液，除郁养心，祛风止痒。主治
Shenggan shengre, qingchu yichang nianyuzhi, huatan zhihan, tongli changdao, xihua guonong tiliu, chu yu yangxin, qufeng zhiyang. Zhuzhi

主治湿寒性或黏液质性疾病，如痰多咳嗽，大便不通，肠道绞痛，抑郁症，心悸，麻风病，皮肤瘙痒。用法用量
It is used to treat diseases of damp-cold or phlegm-damp nature, such as excessive phlegm and cough, constipation, colicky pain in the intestines, depression, palpitations, leprosy, and itchy skin. Dosage and administration.

内服：3-10g。外用：适量。可入散剂、汤剂、糖浆剂、蜜膏、小丸等；可入敷剂、软膏等。注意事项
Internal use: 3-10g. External use: appropriate amount. Can be used in the form of powder, decoction, syrup, honey paste, small pills, etc.; can also be used in the form of poultice, ointment, etc. Precautions.

本品对胃有害，矫正药为洋茴香。化学成分
This product is harmful to the stomach. The corrective medicine is fennel. Chemical composition.

种子含油30.2%，种仁含油45%-49%，种子油中含亚油酸73.6%-78.0%，油酸12.0%-15.2%肉豆蔻酸，棕榈酸，硬脂酸，棕榈油酸等，去油的种仁含蛋白质61.5%-63.4%。药理作用
The seed contains 30.2% oil, and the kernel contains 45%-49% oil. The oil from the seeds contains 73.6%-78.0% linoleic acid, 12.0%-15.2% oleic acid, as well as myristic acid, palmitic acid, stearic acid, and palmitoleic acid. The de-oiled kernel contains 61.5%-63.4% protein. Pharmacological effects.

对高胆固醇血症的家兔，口服红花油每日1g/kg，可降低血清中总胆固醇、三酰甘油及非酯化脂肪酸水平。红花油也能兴奋某些平滑肌器官如小肠、支气管等。冠心2号对离体大鼠回肠有抑制作用，并能拮抗乙酰胆碱所引起的肠道痉挛。相关论述
For rabbits with hypercholesterolemia, oral administration of safflower oil at a dose of 1g/kg per day can reduce the levels of total cholesterol, triglycerides, and non-esterified fatty acids in the serum. Safflower oil can also stimulate certain smooth muscle organs such as the small intestine and bronchi. Coronary No. 2 has an inhibitory effect on the isolated rat ileum and can antagonize intestinal spasms induced by acetylcholine. These are the relevant discussions.

1、《开宝本草》：“吞数颗，主天行疮子不出。”2、《本草图经》：“主产后血病。”临床应用 相关配伍

1. "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Swallowing several pills can treat chilblains and prevent them from developing."2. "Illustrated Classic of Materia Medica": "Used to treat postpartum blood disorders." Clinical applications and related combinations.

1、治体内烧焦黏液质增多，性欲低下：取适量红花子，研成细粉，与适量无花果或蜂蜜同食。（《注医典》）2、治各种湿疹，皮肤瘙痒：取适量红花子，研成细粉，与适量牛乳冲服。3、治声音异常：取适量红花子，煎汤内服。4、治抑郁症，麻风病：取适量红花子，研成细粉，浸泡适量水中取黏汁，加适量牛乳制成酸奶，过滤取之清液，与适量菟丝草粉冲服。5、治黏液质性伤寒：取适量红花子，研成细粉，浸泡适量水中取黏汁，加适量山扁豆、牛乳制成酸奶，过滤取之清液饮用。（2-5方出自《拜地依药书》）附注

1. To treat increased sticky phlegm and decreased libido: Take an appropriate amount of safflower seeds, grind them into fine powder, and consume with an appropriate amount of figs or honey. (From "Zhu Yi Dian")2. To treat various eczemas and skin itching: Take an appropriate amount of safflower seeds, grind them into fine powder, and mix with an appropriate amount of cow's milk for oral administration.3. To treat abnormal voice: Take an appropriate amount of safflower seeds, decoct and take orally.4. To treat depression and leprosy: Take an appropriate amount of safflower seeds, grind them into fine powder, soak in an appropriate amount of water to extract the sticky juice, add an appropriate amount of cow's milk to make yogurt, filter and take the clear liquid, and mix with an appropriate amount of powdered dodder seed for oral administration.5. To treat phlegm-dominant typhoid fever: Take an appropriate amount of safflower seeds, grind them into fine powder, soak in an appropriate amount of water to extract the sticky juice, add an appropriate amount of lentils and cow's milk to make yogurt, filter and take the clear liquid for consumption. (The 2nd to 5th prescriptions are from "Bai Di Yi Yao Shu")Note:

若本品缺货，可用笃耨香子代。加工炮制 采收加工
If this product is out of stock, it can be replaced with clove fruit. Processing and preparation: harvesting and processing.

秋季红花干燥，茎枝发白果实坚硬后，割收茎枝，打下种子。药材鉴别 药材性状
In autumn, the safflower flowers dry up, the stems turn white, and the fruits become hard. At this point, the stems are harvested and the seeds are collected. Medicinal material identification and characteristics of medicinal materials.

种子倒卵形，略扁，长5-7mm，宽2.8-3.9mm，厚2-3mm；表面淡棕色，顶端钝圆，下端尖，稍扁生一小圆点状种脐。种皮薄膜质。胚直生，含油份，胚根短锥状；子叶2枚，肥厚，椭圆形，接合面中央常凹入。植物学信息 植物种属
The seeds are inverted-ovate, slightly flattened, 5-7mm long, 2.8-3.9mm wide, and 2-3mm thick; the surface is light brown, with a blunt-rounded top and a pointed bottom, and a small round point-shaped hilum is slightly flattened. The seed coat is thin and membranous. The embryo is straight, oily, with a short conical radicle; there are 2 cotyledons, thick and elliptic, often with a central depression on the adaxial surface. This botanical information pertains to the species of the plant.

菊科植物红花。形态特征
Chrysanthemum, a plant of the Asteraceae family. Morphological characteristics.

红花，又名黄蓝、红蓝、红花草、红花菜。越年生草本，高50-100cm。茎直立，上部分枝，白色或淡白色，光滑无毛。叶互生；无柄；中下部茎生叶披针形、卵状披针形或长椭圆形，长7-15cm，宽2.5-6cm，边缘具大锯齿、重锯齿、小锯齿或全缘，稀羽状深裂，齿顶有针刺，刺长1-1.5mm，向上的叶渐小，披针形，边缘有锯齿，齿顶针刺较长，可达3mm；全部叶质坚硬，革质，两面无毛，无腺点，有光泽。头状花序多数，在茎枝顶端排成伞房花序，为苞叶所围绕；苞片椭圆形或卵状披针形，连先端针刺长2.5-3cm，边缘有或无针刺；总苞卵形，直径2.5cm；总苞片4层，外层竖琴状，中部或下部有收缢，收缢以上叶质，绿色，边缘无针刺或有篦齿状针刺，收缢以下黄白色；中内层硬膜质，倒披针状椭圆形至长倒披针形，长达2.2cm，先端渐尖；全部苞片无毛，无腺点；小花红色、桔红色，全部为两性，花冠长2.8cm，细管部长2cm，花冠裂片几达檐部基部。瘦果倒卵形，长5.5mm，宽5mm，乳白色，有4棱，无冠毛。花果期5-8月。分布区域
Safflower, also known as Honglan, Honghua, Honghuacai, and Honghuacai. It is a perennial herb, 50-100cm tall. The stem is erect, with branches in the upper part, white or pale white, smooth and hairless. The leaves are alternate, sessile, lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, or oblong-elliptic in the middle and lower part of the stem, 7-15cm long, 2.5-6cm wide, with large serrations, heavy serrations, small serrations, or entire margins, rarely pinnately deeply lobed, with needle-like prickles at the tooth apex, 1-1.5mm long, gradually becoming smaller upwards, lanceolate, with serrated margins, longer prickles at the tooth apex, up to 3mm long; all leaves are tough and leathery, hairless on both sides, without glandular dots, and glossy. The capitulum is numerous, arranged in umbel-like inflorescences at the top of the stem, surrounded by bracts; bracts are elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, with a needle-like prickle at the tip, 2.5-3cm long, with or without prickles on the margin; the involucre is ovate, 2.5cm in diameter; the involucral bracts are in 4 layers, the outer layer is vertically harp-shaped, with contraction in the middle or lower part, leathery above the contraction, green, with or without needle-like prickles on the margin, yellowish-white below the contraction; the middle inner layer is membranous, inverted-lanceolate to long-inverted-lanceolate, up to 2.2cm long, gradually pointed at the tip; all bracts are hairless, without glandular dots; the small flowers are red or orange-red, all bisexual, the corolla is 2.8cm long, the tubular part is 2cm long, and the lobes of the corolla reach the base of the eaves. The achene is inverted-ovate, 5.5mm long, 5mm wide, milky white, 4-angled, without pappus. The flowering and fruiting period is from May to August. Distribution area.

我国东北、华北、西北及山东、浙江、贵州、四川、西藏等地广泛栽培。生长见习
It is widely cultivated in northeastern, northern, and northwestern China, as well as in Shandong, Zhejiang, Guizhou, Sichuan, and Tibet. It grows vigorously.

喜温暖干燥气候，耐寒、耐旱、耐盐碱、耐脊薄。发芽最适温度25℃，幼苗能耐-5℃。南方秋播生育期200-250d，北方春播生育期120d。以选向阳、地势高燥、土层深厚、中等肥力、排水良好的砂质壤土栽培为宜。忌连作，花期忌涝。前作以豆科、禾本科作物为好，可与蔬菜间作。繁殖方式
Prefers warm and dry climate, resistant to cold, drought, saline-alkali, and thin soil. The most suitable temperature for germination is 25°C, and the seedlings can withstand -5°C. In the southern region, the growth period from autumn sowing is 200-250 days, while in the northern region, the growth period from spring sowing is 120 days. It is best cultivated in sandy loam soil with a sunny aspect, high and dry terrain, deep soil, moderate fertility, and good drainage. It should not be planted continuously, and it is sensitive to waterlogging during the flowering period. Leguminous and gramineous crops are preferred as previous crops, and it can be intercropped with vegetables. The method of reproduction is...

用种子繁殖。栽培技术
Reproduction through seeds. Cultivation techniques.

种子繁殖：选种可用单株混合选择法，选生长健壮，高度适中，分枝低而多，花序多，管状花桔红色，无病虫害的植株作留种植株。北方以栽无刺红花为主，南方以栽有刺红花为主。近年来新疆和西北地区引进油红花裁培。播种前一般用52-54℃温水浸种10min，转入冷水中冷却后，取出晾干后播种。亦有用30%菲醌拌种进行种子消毒或用退菌特或多菌灵可湿性粉剂按种量的0.3%拌种后，放塑料袋内闷1-2d，再行播种。播种期南方秋季10月中旬至11月初，北方春季3-4月，宜早不宜迟。穴播或条播。穴播按行株距40cm×25cm开穴，穴深6cm，每穴播种5-6颗。每1h㎡用种量22.5-30kg。条播按行距40cm开条沟，沟深5-6cm，将种子均匀播入沟内，覆土，稍加镇压。每1h㎡用种量30-45kg。约经15左右出苗。病虫防治
Seed breeding: The selection of seeds can be done using the method of mixed selection of individual plants. Choose plants that are vigorous in growth, of moderate height, with low and numerous branches, abundant inflorescences, and bright red tubular flowers, and are free from diseases and pests as the breeding plants. In the northern regions, the focus is on planting thornless red flowers, while in the southern regions, the focus is on planting red flowers with thorns. In recent years, oil red flowers have been introduced and cultivated in Xinjiang and northwest China. Before sowing, the seeds are generally soaked in water at 52-54°C for 10 minutes, then cooled in cold water, dried, and then sown. Alternatively, 30% quinone can be used for seed disinfection, or 0.3% of the seed quantity can be mixed with sterilizing agents or carbendazim wettable powder, and then sealed in a plastic bag for 1-2 days before sowing. In the southern regions, sowing is done from mid-October to early November in the autumn, while in the northern regions, it is done in the spring from March to April, preferably early rather than late. The seeds can be sown in pits or in rows. For pit sowing, pits are dug at a spacing of 40cm × 25cm, with a depth of 6cm, and 5-6 seeds are sown in each pit. The seeding rate is 22.5-30kg per hectare. For row sowing, furrows are made at a spacing of 40cm, with a depth of 5-6cm, and the seeds are evenly sown in the furrows, covered with soil, and lightly pressed. The seeding rate is 30-45kg per hectare. Seedlings emerge in about 15 days. Disease and pest control should be carried out accordingly.

1、病虫（1）红花炭疽病，发病部位茎、叶、花蕾。5月发柄，出现紫红色或褐色纺锤形病斑，逐渐扩大，稍凹，并有橙红色粘性物质，使茎枝枯萎，花蕾不能开放。防治方法，实行水旱轮作。发病时可用代森锌500-600倍或可湿性甲基托布津500-600倍液喷射。（2）锈病，高湿易发病，应选地势高燥处实行轮作，种子进行消毒。发病时喷15%粉锈宁500倍液。（3）红花枯萎病，为害茎部或主根，使输导组织破坏而枯萎。5月发病，可用50%甲基托布津1000倍液浇灌或50%多菌灵500-600倍液灌根部。另有菌核病等为害。2、虫害（1）红花实蝇，用90%晶体敌百虫800倍液喷射。（2）红花指管蚜，为害茎叶及嫩梢，4月下旬吸取植株汁液，用化学药剂或用鱼藤粉700-800倍液喷射。亦可用烟草浸在水中（1：10）24h，加热煮沸，过滤去渣，取澄清液稀释使用，最好加些洗衣粉，增加粘着力，又可延长药效。现用食蚜蝇作天敌进行防治。

1. Plant Diseases and Pests(1) Safflower Anthracnose: The disease affects the stems, leaves, and flower buds. In May, purple-red or brown spindle-shaped lesions appear, gradually expanding and becoming slightly concave, with orange-red sticky substances. This causes the stems to wither and the flower buds to fail to open. The preventive measures include implementing crop rotation with dry and wet conditions. When the disease occurs, spraying with 500-600 times dilution of Dithianon-Zinc or 500-600 times dilution of wettable Methyl Thiophanate is recommended.(2) Rust Disease: This disease is prone to occur in high humidity conditions. Implementing crop rotation in high and dry areas and disinfecting seeds are recommended. When the disease occurs, spraying with 500 times dilution of 15% Powdery Rust Ning is recommended.(3) Safflower Wilt Disease: This disease affects the stems or main roots, causing the destruction of the conducting tissues and wilting. In May, irrigation with 1000 times dilution of 50% Methyl Thiophanate or root drenching with 500-600 times dilution of 50% Carbendazim is recommended. There are also other diseases such as sclerotium disease.2. Insect Pests(1) Safflower Seed Fly: Spraying with 800 times dilution of 90% crystal Dichlorvos is recommended.(2) Safflower Aphids: These pests affect the stems, leaves, and tender shoots, sucking plant sap in late April. Chemical agents or spraying with 700-800 times dilution of fish vine powder is recommended. Alternatively, soaking tobacco in water (1:10) for 24 hours, boiling it, filtering out the residue, and diluting the clear liquid for use is also effective. Adding some laundry detergent can increase adhesion and prolong the efficacy. Currently, using aphid flies as natural enemies for control is also practiced.