Botanical Profile

Safflower

carthamus tinctorius

Medicinal Actions

Alterative, Analgesic, Antiaggregant, Antibacterial, Antiedemic, Antifertility, Antihydrotic, Antiinflammatory, Antiischemic, Antipyretic, Antitumor, Cardiotonic, Cytotoxic, Decongestant, Diaphoretic, Diuretic, Emmenagogue, Expectorant, Fungicide, Hypocholesterolemic, Laxative, Nematicide, Neuroprotective, Phototoxic, Sedative, Stimulant, Teratogenic, Uterotonic

Conditions Treated

Bitter Calcium Antagonist Vermifuge Amenorrhea Arthrosis Bacteria Boil Bronchosis Bruise Cancer liver skin stomach uterus Candida Cardiopathy Chickenpox Childbirth Congestion Constipation Cough Dermatosis Dysmenorrhea Dystocia Edema Escherichia Fever Fungus Hepatosis High Cholesterol Induration Infection Inflammation Insomnia Ischemia Measles Metrorrhagia Mycosis Nervousness Neurosis Pain Paralysis Pemphigus Pneumonia Rheumatism Scabies Swelling Thrombosis Tumor Uterosis Water Retention Worm Wound Yeast Cancer (1; JLH; PH2;