Saffron has a wide range of uses. It is an essential edible spice in Spanish, French and other European countries, and an extremely precious medicinal material in China. Crocus sativus has a wide range of medicinal uses, and has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, cooling blood, detoxicating, relieving depression, calming nerves and beauty beauty. It is mainly used for treating gynecological diseases such as irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain due to blood stasis, infertility, etc. It has obvious curative effect on treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, regulating liver and kidney function, regulating three highs and resisting cancer.

1, medicinal efficacy and function of saffron

According to ancient Iranian medical records, saffron can treat headache and toothache, and has diuretic, refreshing, beautifying, aphrodisiac, detoxification, blood pressure lowering and blood circulation promoting effects. Indians use saffron to treat fever, depression, arthritis, weakness and infertility.

China Yuan Dynasty's "Eating" records that saffron is sweet, flat and non-toxic. The main heart suppresses depression, and long-term eating makes people happy.

Ming Dynasty's Compendium of Materia Medica records that saffron is depressed, boring, appetizing, nourishing the body for a long time and pleasing the color.

Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica in the Ming Dynasty records that crocus: passion flower, which comes from the land of returning to the west and the kingdom of Arabia, has red and blue flowers. In the Yuan Dynasty, it was used as food. According to Zhang Hua's natural history, the red and blue flowers in Zhang Qian are planted in the western regions, so this is a kind, or the local atmosphere is slightly different. It smells sweet and non-toxic. Indications: stagnation of heart-qi, qi stagnation and blood circulation. Long service makes people happy. Treat fear.

Modern pharmacological studies have found that crocus sativus can reduce the formation of atherosclerotic plaques, lower cholesterol and promote fat metabolism, thus achieving the effect of reducing blood lipids; Saffron can inhibit oxygen free radicals, thus achieving antioxidant effect; Saffron also has the functions of exciting uterus, promoting blood circulation to stop bleeding, resisting nephritis and promoting retinal artery blood flow.

In recent years, saffron has been widely used to treat coronary heart disease, angina pectoris and thromboangiitis obliterans, and has a good regulatory effect on hypertension, hyperglycemia and hyperlipidemia. Modern pharmacological studies have found that crocus sativus can effectively prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases and has good anticancer activity.

Saffron has been approved by the Ministry of Health of China and the Food and Drug Administration of the United States with the functions of enhancing immunity, lowering blood pressure, lowering blood fat, relieving physical fatigue, improving hypoxia tolerance, removing acne and relaxing bowels.

2. The cosmetic efficacy and function of saffron

Saffron has the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, dredging collaterals, cooling blood and removing toxic substances, diminishing inflammation and relieving pain, improving human immunity, removing toxic substances, caring skin, promoting sleep and improving energy, and is especially suitable for women. According to legend, Wu Zetian often used saffron as tea to achieve the effect of beautifying the skin. In addition, because saffron can lower cholesterol and promote fat metabolism, taking saffron regularly can also play a role in losing weight.