Crocus sativus is very famous in the history of Chinese traditional medicine, which was recorded as early as in Compendium of Materia Medica. Contains a variety of ingredients beneficial to human body, such as carbohydrates, protein, dietary fiber, vitamins, minerals, etc. As long as you make rational use of your body, you can get many benefits.
In this era of national health care, saffron is very popular with health care people. Many people who pay attention to maintenance usually use it to soak water. After a period of time, the body may get amazing changes. However, although saffron is good, it is not suitable for everyone. Let's take a closer look.
What happens when you drink saffron in water for a long time?
-Beauty. Beauty
-Strengthening liver function
Crocus sativus is rich in vitamin b2, which can accelerate cell growth and metabolism, strengthen liver function, regulate the secretion of adrenal hormones, make the components absorbed by human body become higher, and also participate in the metabolism of other vitamins.
-Impact on 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.
Regulate immunity
Drinking saffron regularly can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis, resist bacteria and diminish inflammation. When the effective substance enters the body, it will naturally have a very good effect on the overall regulation of the human body. In addition, drinking saffron water regularly can also effectively prevent and treat tumors.
-Cooling blood and detoxifying
Saffron is a cool food. Crocus sativus has many functions such as promoting blood circulation, cooling blood, clearing away heat and toxic materials, removing blood stasis and resolving hard mass. But also can effectively prevent and improve skin problems such as measles and macula, and is also an ideal product for female beauty beauty.
-Effects on kidneys
At present, it is believed that the pathogenesis of glomerulonephritis is closely related to platelets and inflammatory mediators released by them. Crocus sativus has achieved obvious curative effect in intervening nephritis animal model. Crocus sativus can keep renal capillaries unobstructed, increase renal blood flow and promote the repair of inflammatory injury.
-Improve memory.
Crocus sativus has the effect of calming the nerves, and can also promote the blood oxygen supply of human blood circulation, so that people can keep their thinking agile and balanced, and it is especially suitable for people with neurasthenia, depression, boredom and slow thinking.
Reminder: these four types of people should try not to "join in the fun"
1. Women should not take it during menstruation.
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.
2. Pregnant women can't eat saffron
In those court dramas, concubines usually drink saffron, which leads to miscarriage, and in serious cases, may lead to infertility. Although it is a bit exaggerated in TV series, it does not 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.
3. Patients with gastrointestinal diseases
For patients with gastrointestinal diseases, drinking saffron is not recommended. Although saffron has a wide range of functions and many benefits to human body, it is not recommended to drink saffron for patients with gastrointestinal diseases, such as gastric ulcer, because saffron may further aggravate the ulcer.
Minors should not drink alcohol.
Although many medical books have recorded many benefits of using saffron, which has a good nourishing effect on the body, minors are in the process of informing development, so they should consult a doctor before using any nourishing drugs at this time.
Therefore, minors without special needs are not allowed to make tea and soup with saffron. When adults use saffron, they should avoid minors stealing or eating it.