红花(Safflower)又称草红花、红蓝花[1],为双子叶植物、菊科红花的干燥管状花。红花性温,味辛,具活血通经、散瘀止痛之功效,其为药用始载于宋代的药籍《本草图经》[2]。红花在我国的25个省市(自治区)均有分布,其中新疆、河南、四川和浙江等地为红花的主要产区[3]。现代药理学研究显示,红花中主要含有红花多糖(Safflower polysaccharide)、红花黄色素(Safflor yellow)、红花苷(Carthamin)、黄酮类(Flavone)、有机酸 Safflower, also known as crocus, red and blue flowers [1], is a dry tubular flower of dicotyledonous plants, asteraceae safflower. Safflower warm, spicy, with Huoxuetongjing, stasis and analgesic effect, which is the medicinal began in the Song Dynasty drug “scripture” [2]. Safflower is distributed in 25 provinces (autonomous regions) in China, of which, Xinjiang, Henan, Sichuan and Zhejiang are the major producing areas of safflower [3]. Modern pharmacological studies have shown that safflower mainly contains safflower polysaccharide, safflor yellow, carthamin, flavonoids, organic acids