Efficacy and function of saffron

The efficacy and function of saffron, the medicinal value of saffron is well known, and saffron also has health care function, so more and more people like to eat saffron, so what are the main efficacy and function of saffron? Next, I will tell you the efficacy and function of saffron!

Efficacy and function of saffron 1 How to eat saffron?

1, saffron tea

The brewing method of saffron tea: take 5 ~ 10 saffron filaments, soak them in boiling water and drink them, and brew them for 3 ~ 4 times before taking them with the filaments.

Efficacy: It is used for prevention and health care, and can play a good role in beauty and health care. If used in such a small amount for a long time, it is mild and effective.

2.saffron wine

Saffron single medicinal liquor: 3 ~ 4g of saffron and 500 ml of white wine1kg, soaked for one week, 20 ~ 30ml per day.

Saffron blood tonic wine: 500g of Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, 250g of Radix Angelicae Sinensis, 25g of Stigma Croci, 250g of Fructus Lycii, 25g of Fructus Citri Sarcodactylis, 250g of longan pulp, 250g of pine nuts, 500g of Poria100g, 500g of dried tangerine peel and 5kg (5000ml) of Yuquan liquor. Drink it after soaking for one month, twice a day, 50ml each time.

3, saffron porridge

Method 1: Rice100g, saffron 10 ~ 20 slices, and add appropriate amount of water to cook porridge once a day. It is suitable for traumatic pain, chronic hepatitis, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris and apoplexy sequelae caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis.

Method 2: Soak 10 ~ 20 pieces of saffron in boiling water, boil 100g of rice, then add saffron water, and cook porridge to serve.

Precautions for eating saffron

Although saffron is a good medicine, its side effects should not be underestimated. If people without blood stasis take this medicine all day, it may lead to blood break (that is, the skin is easy to break and bleed).

2. Crocus sativus is used as an abortion drug among the people. In costume dramas, the abortion effect of saffron is very powerful, so pregnant women are forbidden to eat saffron, but eating saffron after childbirth can enrich blood.

3. It is best to take saffron within 10g every time. Eating too much can cause dizziness and other symptoms. More sensitive are allergic urticaria and rash. This is because of the special exciting effect of saffron.

At present, saffron fish in troubled waters in the market, which is varied and difficult to distinguish between true and false. If you eat fake saffron by mistake, it will not only have no effect, but also may cause other serious consequences, so you must go to a regular pharmacy to choose saffron.

The benefits of eating saffron

1, the effect on liver and gallbladder

Saffron contains anthocyanins, which can lower cholesterol and increase fat metabolism. If combined with hawthorn, cassia seed, Alisma orientalis and other traditional Chinese medicines, the treatment of fatty liver is more effective.

2, the role of the circulatory system

Under normal pressure and hypoxia, crocus sativus can enhance the intracellular oxygen metabolism function, improve the hypoxia tolerance of the heart, reduce the damage of strenuous exercise to myocardial cells to a certain extent, and have a certain protective effect on the heart.

3. Immune regulation

Clinically, saffron is used to treat many chronic diseases of human body. Through its functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, resisting bacteria and diminishing inflammation, it can enhance the endurance of the body and enhance the lymphocyte proliferation reaction, thus improving the cellular immunity and humoral immunity of the body.

4. Effect on uterus

Experiments show that the water decoction of crocus sativus can stimulate the uterus of mice, guinea pigs, rabbits, dogs and cats in vitro and in vivo. Can cause uterine rhythmic contraction, improve the tension and excitability of the uterus, large doses can cause spasmodic contraction, pregnant uterus is more sensitive.

5. Antitumor effect

Studies have found that crocus sativus has obvious anti-cancer ability.

Who can't eat saffron?

1, pregnant women can't eat saffron.

In those court dramas, concubines usually drink saffron to cause miscarriage, which may lead to infertility in severe cases. Although the TV series is a bit exaggerated, it doesn't exist. Because saffron has the function of promoting blood circulation, if it is decocted in water, it may indeed lead to abortion. Crocus sativus can also cause uterine rhythmic contraction and improve the tension and excitability of uterus. If the amount is too large, it will easily lead to miscarriage.

2. Menstrual women are not suitable for eating saffron.

Because saffron has an exciting effect on the intestine and uterus, if you take saffron regularly, it will lead to abdominal discomfort, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and even gastrointestinal bleeding, abdominal cramps, menorrhagia and other phenomena, so you can't eat saffron during menstruation.

3. Patients with gastric ulcer or some long-term ulcers.

To sum up, we all know who can't eat saffron, so we should choose according to our own situation when eating saffron. Don't think that saffron has many benefits and you can eat it casually. Only what suits you is the best.

Efficacy and function of saffron 2. Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis

Saffron has obvious effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, dredging menstruation and relieving pain. It is an important medicine for treating blood stasis, various traumatic injuries and swelling and pain caused by blood stasis in obstetrics and gynecology.

Cooling blood and detoxifying

Saffron is slightly cold, has the effects of promoting blood circulation, cooling blood, clearing away heat and toxic materials, removing blood stasis and resolving hard mass, and can effectively prevent and improve diseases such as measles and macula.

Relieve depression and soothe the nerves

Stigma croci enters the heart meridian and liver meridian, which can reduce adverse qi, remove blood stasis, relieve depression and soothe the nerves, and can be used to treat stagnation.

Protecting liver and benefiting gallbladder

Crocus sativus is beneficial to gallbladder function, crocetin can lower cholesterol and increase fat metabolism. Crocus sativus can improve microcirculation, promote bile secretion and excretion, thereby reducing abnormally increased globulin and total bilirubin, and can be used to treat liver cirrhosis after chronic viral hepatitis. Crocin has a chemopreventive effect on early acute liver injury caused by toxic substances, and is expected to be used in the treatment of chronic cholecystitis.

Regulating immunity

The proteoglycan extracted from crocus sativus can quickly activate protein kinase C and NF-κB and promote the activity of macrophages, so it has immunomodulatory and anti-invasion functions. Crocus sativus can enhance cellular immunity and humoral immunity by enhancing lymphocyte proliferation reaction.

Resist tumor

The effective components in saffron have strong anticancer activity. In particular, it has a strong inhibitory effect on blood cancer cells, cancer, flat cell tumor and soft tissue sarcoma. Its anticancer mechanism is to inhibit the synthesis of DNA and RNA, the activity of protein kinase and the expression of proto-oncogene in cancer cells.

Improve memory

Saffron has the function of calming the nerves and nourishing the heart, and can also promote the blood oxygen supply of human blood circulation, so that people can keep their thinking agile and their mentality balanced. Especially suitable for people with neurasthenia, depression, boredom and slow thinking.