Can safflower and Panax notoginseng be taken together?

Safflower is a plant that has the effects of promoting blood circulation, relieving pain, unblocking menstruation and dispersing blood stasis. It is grown in large quantities in many areas of China. Many people have heard of or used safflower, but only a few have heard of Panax notoginseng. In fact, Panax notoginseng is also a plant similar to safflower with medicinal value. It has the effects of clearing heat and detoxifying, calming the liver and lowering blood pressure. It is also often used for making tea and soup. So can Panax notoginseng flower be used together with safflower?

Panax notoginseng flower is the part with the highest content of notoginseng saponins in the whole plant. It is sweet and cool in nature, and has the effects of clearing away heat, calming the liver and lowering blood pressure. It is suitable for symptoms such as dizziness, vertigo, tinnitus, hypertension and acute pharyngitis. It can also be used to make tea, stir-fry meat, cook soup, etc. It also has a certain effect on sleep. It is native to Wenshan Prefecture, Yunnan Province, China. Panax notoginseng flower is the dried product of the inflorescence of Panax notoginseng, a plant of the genus Panax in the family Araliaceae. Panax notoginseng flower is a panicle, which is hemispherical, spherical or umbrella-shaped, cylindrical, often curved, with fine longitudinal lines. Anthers are elliptical, dorsifixed, inwardly split longitudinally, and the two styles are fused at the base.

Panax notoginseng flower has significant effects of calming the liver, removing phlegm, relieving asthma, relieving pain and promoting sleep, dilating the coronary artery, anti-allergic, detoxifying and beautifying. Because it contains a variety of ginsenosides, it has the effects of calming the liver and clearing heat, lowering blood pressure, preventing and treating high blood pressure and pharyngitis; clearing away heat and detoxifying, removing acne and sores, calming the liver and cooling blood, lowering blood pressure and lipids. Panax notoginseng flower is cool in nature and sweet in taste, and has the effects of clearing heat, calming the liver and lowering blood pressure. Notoginseng flower total saponins have an inhibitory effect on the central nervous system, showing sedative and tranquilizing effects. Used for the treatment of hypertension, dizziness, tinnitus, acute pharyngitis and insomnia.

Saffron, also known as saffron and western red flower, is a perennial flower of the genus Crocus in the Iridaceae family and is also a common spice. Perennial herb. The bulb is oblate, about 3 cm in diameter, and covered with a yellowish-brown membranous coating. The flower stem is very short and does not extend out of the ground; there are 1-2 flowers, which are light blue, reddish purple or white, fragrant, with orange-red styles, slightly flat stigmas, cuneate apex, shallow teeth, and narrow fusiform ovaries. The capsule is oval, about 3 cm long.

Saffron is a famous and precious Chinese medicinal material. Its main medicinal part is the tiny stigma, which makes it very precious. The flowers contain carotene compounds, and their dried stigmas are sweet and neutral in nature. They can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, relieve depression, and relieve pain. It is used to treat depression, chest tightness, vomiting blood, typhoid fever, fright and confusion, amenorrhea, blood stasis and irregular menstruation, postpartum lochia, pain caused by blood stasis, measles, and injuries from falls. It is used as a sedative and carminative abroad. Promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, cool blood and detoxify, relieve depression and calm the mind. Warm poison causes rashes, depression, fullness of stomach, palpitations and madness.

Panax notoginseng flower and saffron can be mixed with water and drunk together. The dosage should be determined according to the condition of the disease. It is recommended that a Chinese doctor provide guidance on treatment after a face-to-face consultation. Safflower has the effects of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, promoting qi and relieving pain, regulating menstruation and relieving pain, and it has the effects of unblocking cerebral blood vessels and resisting platelet aggregation. Panax notoginseng has the effects of stopping bleeding, activating blood circulation, reducing swelling and relieving pain. Do not take Chinese medicine indiscriminately to avoid toxic side effects.