It is cultivated all over the country, mainly produced in Henan, Zhejiang, Sichuan, Jiangsu and other places.
Picked in summer when the flowers turn from yellow to red, dried in the shade or sun, raw.
I. Usage, dosage and contraindication of saffron
1. Usage: 2.5-9g.
Taken with water.
2. Note on the use of medication: excessive menstruation and pregnant women should not use this product.
Two, the toxic side effects of saffron
Saffron has a certain degree of toxicity, the regular dosage of the drug, a small number of patients will experience abdominal discomfort, abdominal pain, diarrhea.
Too much can cause poisoning, manifested as gastrointestinal bleeding, pain, blood pressure drop, convulsions, circulatory and respiratory failure.
A few people will develop an allergic rash, as well as chest tightness, abdominal pain, fever.
Three, saffron clinical applications and formulas
1, used in the treatment of gynecological diseases.
Saffron is the most commonly used medicines for activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, and it is especially used in gynecology.
It can be used in all cases of blood stasis and menstrual closure, or low menstrual flow, menstruation with blood clots, or delayed menstruation.
It is used for dysmenorrhea, blood stagnation and menstrual closure, post-partum stasis and abdominal pain, accumulation of obstruction in the abdomen, bruises and stagnation of pain in bruises, and joint pain.
Safflower enters the heart, liver and blood, with the nature of pungent dispersal and warmth, it can activate blood circulation, eliminate blood stasis and regulate the meridians.
It is often used with peach kernel, angelica, Sichuan peony, red peony and other medicines to promote blood circulation and eliminate blood stasis to treat the above mentioned cases of stagnation.
With peach kernel, both drugs have the effect of activating blood circulation and promoting menstruation, eliminating blood stasis and generating new blood.
Saffron is more effective than peach kernel in warming and relieving pain, and peach kernel is more effective than saffron in breaking up blood stasis.
The peach kernel is used to treat blood stasis, which is localized and tangible, or in the lower abdomen; the safflower is used to treat blood stasis, which is scattered all over the body and has no fixed place.
These ingredients are used in conjunction with each other to promote blood circulation, eliminate blood stasis and relieve pain.
All blood stasis caused by menstrual closure, dysmenorrhea, purpura mass in the abdomen, as well as trauma and swelling, etc., are effective.
2. It is used for the treatment of dark-colored spots and rashes caused by heat and blood stagnation.
Taking it to activate blood circulation and eliminate stagnation, it can be combined with angelica, comfrey, big green leaves and other products to activate blood circulation and cool blood circulation, drain heat and detoxify the toxin.
3, modern clinical use for a variety of blood stasis obstruction for the patient or the blood flow of the evidence.
For example, in the treatment of angina pectoris in coronary heart disease, it is often combined with danshen, Sichuan peony, red peony, etc.
For the treatment of thromboembolic vasculitis, in which the affected limbs and feet are dark red or greenish-purple in color, it is often combined with Angelica sinensis, peach kernel, red peony, frankincense, and myrrh.
4, this product can also be used with Angelica sinensis, white peony, three matching drugs, line but not harsh, complementary but not stagnant, **** play the blood and camping pain relief.
The combination of the three medicines is effective for dystocia and headache caused by blood vessel disharmony or blood deficiency with blood stasis.