Efficacy and function of saffron
The efficacy of saffron: promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, resolving stagnation and relieving depression. Treat depression, chest and diaphragm fullness, hematemesis, typhoid fever, palpitation, amenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis, abdominal pain, traumatic swelling and pain.
1, "Eat soon": the main mood is depressed, and long-term eating makes people feel comfortable.
2, "the essentials of the product": the main dispersing depression and regulating blood, widening the chest and diaphragm, appetizing into the diet, long-term service and nourishing the next yuan, pleasing the color, treating typhoid fever.
3, "Outline": promoting blood circulation to treat convulsions.
The function of saffron
The main function of crocus sativus is to enrich blood, which can nourish blood and promote blood circulation, enrich blood and promote blood circulation, and regulate blood. Saffron has the effects of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, cooling blood and detoxicating. It can relieve depression and soothe the nerves. Has the effect of beauty beauty. Can be used for treating gynecological diseases such as menoxenia, amenorrhea and infertility. It is effective in treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, regulating liver and kidney functions, regulating three highs and resisting cancer. Soaking saffron in water is the most commonly used method of using saffron.
1, drinking saffron scented tea can play a role in preventing and treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Studies have found that proper amount of saffron can protect the human heart and effectively reduce hypertension. It has obvious effect on treating cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases such as myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction.
2, drinking with saffron soaked in water can effectively regulate endocrine. Drinking saffron soaked in water often can promote blood circulation, improve blood oxygen supply capacity, adjust human endocrine system in time, and improve human immunity and resistance. Play a role in strengthening the body.
3. Saffron running water has a good therapeutic effect on irregular menstruation in women. Can be used for treating amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, postpartum lochia, abdominal pain, etc. However, saffron may also cause side effects of abortion. So pregnant women are not allowed to drink.
4. beauty beauty effect. Soaking saffron in water for beauty has been a favorite beauty method for women since ancient times. The beauty effect of saffron is also mentioned in Pinhui Essentials: "Relieve depression, regulate blood, widen the chest and diaphragm, stimulate appetite into the diet, nourish the body for a long time, and enjoy the color." . Crocus sativus has the effects of regulating endocrine, promoting human metabolism, and making women shine from the inside out.
Side effects of saffron
Crocus sativus mainly excites smooth muscle of uterus, intestine, blood vessels and bronchus, especially pregnant uterus. Therefore, pregnant women should not use it. Some people doubt the safety of breast-feeding women.
Generally, there is a risk of acute poisoning if eaten in large quantities through the mouth. Excessive use can cause vomiting, colic, gastrointestinal bleeding, hematuria, unconsciousness, convulsions and other adverse reactions. When poisoned, some people may suffer from listlessness and tremor, and in severe cases, they may cause convulsions. Breathing is excited first and then inhibited, and even circulatory and respiratory failure may occur. A few patients have dizziness, rash and transient urticaria. It is related to the excitability and allergic reaction of safflower to the nervous system. There are two main reasons for safflower poisoning: one is misuse, and the other is excessive dosage.
Taking more than 5 grams at a time will have serious side effects.
Treatment of crocus sativus poisoning
(1) induced vomiting, gastric lavage with 1: 2000 potassium permanganate and oral general antidote.
(2) Intravenous infusion of glucose and sodium chloride injection or 10% glucose injection.
(3) Symptomatic treatment and supportive therapy.
Suggestion: medical saffron must be taken according to the doctor's advice (generally about 3 grams each time for medical use). For daily health care, 5 grams is basically a month's amount (7 per time, 3-4 cups of saffron for one day). In order to prevent excessive internal heat, abstinence for 3 days is prohibited for pregnant women, lactating women and women with normal menstruation. People with ulcers and hemorrhagic diseases should use it with caution.
Usage and dosage of saffron
How to eat saffron
1, the general way to eat is to take 5-8 pieces of water at a time, stop once every three days or once every other day. 6-8 filaments a day, soaking in water and drinking 3-4 glasses of water, persistently used for preventive health care, can play a very good role in beauty and health care. If such a small amount is used for a long time, it is mild and effective, but it is important to stick to it.
2, used alone: you can directly decoct to get juice, or you can brew saffron with boiling water for 4 times; Friends who drink can take 1 kg of saffron every day after half a month.
3, saffron rice practice: first wash the rice, add 3-5 saffron, 3-5 cardamom, and appropriate amount of water. After cooking, add fried cashews, cheese, salt and shredded coconut and mix well.
4, medication according to the doctor's advice, needless to say (drug dosage is generally 3-9 grams).
Taboos 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, saffron also has a role, which is to promote abortion, so pregnant women and women who want babies can not take saffron. Crocus sativus has always been regarded as a folk abortion drug with a long history. (Contraception is ineffective, increasing the chance of miscarriage) But it can be used to replenish blood after delivery.
3. In addition, saffron should be taken within 10g each time. Because there are examples to prove that saffron has a strong exciting effect on the nervous system, some people will feel dizzy because of excessive excitement after taking a lot of saffron, and people with sensitive constitution will have allergic urticaria and rash.
What is saffron?
Crocus sativus, alias Crocus sativus and Crocus sativus, is a perennial herb of Crocus belonging to Iris. Crocus sativus is a native species in southwest Asia, but it was first cultivated by Greeks (the specific cultivation time is unknown). Mainly distributed in Europe, Mediterranean and Central Asia, it was introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty, listed as medicine in Compendium of Materia Medica, and planted in China and Zhejiang. It is a common spice and a precious Chinese herbal medicine. Unique flavor, slightly irritating and slightly bitter. It is best to be long, purple in color, moist and shiny, with few yellow styles and spicy and cool taste. It has strong physiological activity, and its stigma is used as medicine in Asia and Europe, which has sedative, expectorant and spasmolytic effects. It is used to treat stomach diseases, menstruation, measles, fever, jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly and so on.
Summary: The efficacy and function of crocus sativus mainly lies in enriching blood. It has the effects of hematopoiesis and nourishing blood. It has a good therapeutic effect on female symptoms such as irregular menstruation, amenorrhea and dysmenorrhea. It has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. Therefore, pregnant women should not use it to avoid abortion. Although saffron is effective, it can't be eaten at will. Because it belongs to Chinese herbal medicine after all, it has many side effects. This article also has a detailed explanation.