Safflower By Ebrahimpour Trading

Safflower (Carthamus Tinctorius) is a plant of the
family Asteraceae, which is also known as American saffron. This plant is
known as false saffron (due to its use in counterfeit saffron).Safflower is a plant native to
Iran. The flowers of this plant contain carthamone,
carthamin, flavonoids and the seeds contain linoleic and lineoleic acid.

Its flowers contain a red
substance called cartamine, which is usually used to dye rice instead of
saffron and in dyeing. The flowers of this plant are also used to color food,
especially cookies. Safflower is used as a very strong analgesic, regulating
menstruation, removing phlegm, soothing, treating pain caused by osteoarthritis
and treating rheumatism. Safflower oil is used to strengthen the immune system,
treat jaundice, relieve menstrual cramps, treat pneumonia and vomiting.



In Iran, this plant is cultivated in
most parts of the country in the form of two types. The first type is practiced
in Khorasan, Isfahan and Shiraz and Kerman provinces.