红花为菊科植物红花Carthamus tinctorius L.的干燥不带子房的管状花。长1～2 cm,表面红黄色或红色。花冠筒细长,上端5裂,裂片呈狭线形,长5～8 mm。雄蕊5枚,花药聚合成筒状,黄白色。柱头长圆柱形,顶端微分叉。质柔软。气微香,味微苦。最近,在我市进行的中药材质量大检查中,发现大部分单位使用的红花均掺有不同程度的砂子,多者可达1/3左右,应注意鉴别。我们对掺杂红花做了以下实验: 取本品1 g、加水10ml,充分搅拌均匀 Safflower is a dry, tubeless tubular flower of Carthamus tinctorius L., a safflower of the family Compositae. It is 1-2 cm long and has a reddish yellow or red surface. The corolla tube is slender, with a 5-cleft at its upper end. The lobes are narrowly linear and 5-8 mm long. Stamens 5, anthers aggregate into tube, yellow-white. The stigma is cylindrical, with a fork at the top. Soft. The gas is slightly fragrant and the taste is slightly bitter. Recently, in the inspection of the quality of Chinese herbal medicines carried out in our city, it was found that the safflowers used in most of the units were mixed with sand of different degrees, and many of them were up to 1/3. We should pay attention to the identification. We have done the following experiment on doping safflower: Take 1g of this product, add 10ml of water, and stir well.