红花的本草考证

以历代中医药古籍中相关记载为依据,对红花名称、来源、产地、用途、采收炮制等内容进行系统考证,以期为红花资源的开发利用提供参考。红花以“红蓝花”之名首载于《金匮要略》,红花一名首见于《开宝本草》,历史上红花还有“黄蓝”之称。红花主流品种为菊科红花属植物红花Carthamus tinctorius L.,其栽培历史悠久,种植范围广泛,目前中国的主要产区有新疆、四川、云南等地。红花的花在中国古代主要用作染料,或入药用于治疗妇科疾病,红花的苗、种子或加工成的胭脂在历史上也曾有药用记载。历史上酒制红花曾为主流炮制方法,现在红花多以生品入药。

Herbal Textural Research on Carthamus tinctorius

This article conducts a systematic textual research on the name, source, producing area, use, harvesting, and processing of Carthamus tinctorius based on the records in ancient traditional Chinese medicine books, in order to provide a reference for the development and utilization of Carthamus tinctorius resources. Carthamus tinctorius in the name of "Honglan flower" was first recorded in Synopsis of Golden Chamber, while the name of Carthamus tinctorius was first seen in Kaibao Bencao, and it was also called "Huanglan" in history. The mainstream variety of Carthamus tinctorius is Carthamus tinctorius L. belonging to Carthamus of Compositae, and it has a long history of cultivation and a wide range of planting. At present, the main producing areas of Carthamus tinctorius in China include Xinjiang, Sichuan, and Yunnan. The flowers of Carthamus tinctorius in ancient China were mainly used as dyes or medicine for the treatment of gynecological diseases, while its seedlings, seeds, or processed rouge have also been used as medicine in history. Carthamus tinctorius processed with wine was once the main processing method in history, while at present, it is mostly used as raw medicine.