1, antipsychotic effect: Drinking Tengzhengxiang records that saffron is depressed. Eating for a long time makes people happy. Modern pharmacological and clinical studies have also confirmed that it has the functions of anti-depression, anti-anxiety and treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Therefore, it may become a good medicine to treat mental disorders.
2. Treatment of premenstrual syndrome (PMS): Foreign researchers such as Agha-Hosseini have confirmed through clinical trials that the effective components of crocus sativus can alleviate the mental anxiety of premenstrual syndrome women and significantly improve the symptoms of menstrual syndrome without obvious side effects.
3. Treatment of neurodegenerative diseases: crocetin can play a neuroprotective role through antioxidation. Researchers have confirmed that crocetin can be used to treat Parkinson's disease (PD) through rat experiments. Crocin can effectively inhibit the precipitation and aggregation of β amyloid polypeptide (Aβ) in the brain, which is the main cause of Alzheimer's disease (AD), indicating that crocetin can be used in the treatment of AD.
4. Treatment of cerebrovascular diseases: The researchers conducted a series of studies on rats, showing that crocus sativus has obvious protective effects on cerebral infarction, cerebral ischemia-reperfusion injury and brain injury in rats.
5. Improve learning and memory disorders: Many reasons may cause learning and memory disorders, such as AD and cerebrovascular diseases mentioned above, which may be accompanied by learning and memory disorders. In addition, aging and alcoholism may also cause learning and memory disorders. At present, it is found that crocus sativus can improve the learning and memory impairment caused by various reasons.
Usage:
1, soaking in water: soak 3-5 dry petals of saffron with clear water each time. While drinking saffron petal tea, enjoy the saffron in full bloom in the water and feel the special fragrance, as if you were in a hundred flowers. There have been media reports that a tea factory in Zhejiang processed saffron petals into scented tea for sale.
2. Soak your feet: If it is extravagant to soak your feet with saffron filaments, then soak your feet with saffron petals. Soaking your feet with saffron petals can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, relieve depression and soothe the nerves, eliminate fatigue and make your feet beautiful. Use 10 ~ 20 pieces of dry saffron petals each time and soak for about 30 minutes.
3. Filling the pillow core: The saffron pillow made by filling the pillow core with dry saffron petals has the effects of relieving depression, calming the nerves, promoting sleep and eliminating fatigue.
4. Feeding cattle and sheep: If there are too many saffron petals to dry, it is also a good choice to feed cattle and sheep to improve food.
Extended data:
Taboos for using saffron:
The contraindications of using saffron are mainly pregnant women, menstrual period and bleeding patients. The information says "Use with caution", which means that saffron can be used under the guidance of a doctor in these cases, but please be careful to use it under the guidance of a doctor. Because caution is the premise, it is usually recommended for pregnant women, menstrual period and bleeding patients.
Saffron is forbidden for pregnant women because it can excite the uterus and promote uterine contraction. There is a risk of miscarriage when pregnant women use saffron in large quantities, but it may not happen. Because of the risk, it is recommended to stop using it. Many people misunderstand that saffron is a contraceptive, which is very wrong. Pregnant women who use any supplements, drugs or even some foods in large doses may cause abortion. The story about saffron causing abortion or even infertility in TV series is very absurd.
The reason why saffron is banned during menstruation is because saffron has better blood circulation effect. The use of saffron during menstruation may lead to excessive consumption, so it is recommended to ban it.
Saffron is also forbidden for patients with bleeding, because it has a good effect of promoting blood circulation and has the risk of aggravating bleeding, so it is recommended to ban it.
References:
Although people's network saffron has many effects, it may cause endocrine disorders.