ABSTRACT
This herb is the dried tubular corolla of Carthamus tinctorius L. of the family Compositae. It is grown in the Henan, Hubei, Sichuan, and Zhejiang provinces in China. It is picked in the summer after the flower has turned red, and then dried in the shade (Dong et al., 1998). According to the ancient Chinese materia medica, this herb was brought from Arabia at the time of the Yuan (Mongol) dynasty (A.D. 1271) and was used in cooking, as a dye, and as a medicine for blood disorders. https://s3-euw1-ap-pe-df-pch-content-public-p.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/9780203050040/86743b54-459f-4502-a9f1-33f21b13726a/content/figpg226_001_B.jpg" xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"/>
