SAFFLOWER CAN BE USED AS TREATMENT FOR COLDS AND COUGHS

CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS LINN

Safflower is an annual shrub. It grows from 2 to 3 feet high, with its glabrous branching stem, bearing oblong, lanceolate leaves with small spiny teeth. The flowers are orange-yellow, in a flower head. The seeds are white, shining, in little shell-form. The seeds yield oil for culinary purposes.

Medicinal use:

• Promotes flow of urine.
• As a laxative.
• Measles, fever and eruptive skin diseases.
• To soothe hysteria.
• Cold and coughs.

How to use:

• In home treatment, the flowers are used for children’s complaints like measles, fever and eruptive skin diseases.
• Taken hot, the tea made from flower petals is recommended for colds, coughs and similar ailments. It is also beneficial in restoring menstrual problems and sometimes used to soothe hysteria.

Parts used:

The flowers

Dose:
20 to 30 grams for 1 litre of water. 2 or 3 cups are to be taken in a day.