First, saffron, sweet and bitter, is a beautiful flower. Chinese medicine says that saffron has obvious curative effect on meridians and menstruation. Western medicine believes that crocus sativus can promote diuresis, nourish the heart and beautify the face, and has certain health care function. So what are the specific effects and functions of saffron?
1. For neurasthenia, panic disorder, amenorrhea scar, these common diseases or symptoms, postpartum stagnation, warm toxic macula, depression in the upper part and depression in the lower part, they are all common diseases, and they have excellent medical effects on panic disorder, pigmentation caused by endocrine disorders and other diseases, and the treatment effect is ideal.
2. Can improve blood deficiency, irregular menstruation, if there is a problem with qi and blood, postpartum congestion, amenorrhea, facial spots, spots, body pain, depression and other symptoms.
3. Suitable for beauty lovers, which is of great help to beauty lovers. For various reasons, women have symptoms and complications of deficiency of both qi and blood. If they eat it, their qi and blood will be active, which is conducive to the smooth flow of qi and blood, full of energy and rosy complexion.
4. For the elderly, especially the elderly group. Modern pharmacological research shows that small dose of crocus sativus decoction has certain inhibitory effect, it can inhibit the contraction of toad heart, and the effect is still obvious; A small dose of saffron makes blood pressure rise slightly and then drop, which is the influence on blood pressure, while a large dose makes blood pressure drop permanently. It can obviously prevent and treat cerebral thrombosis, a terrible disease.
Second, so saffron is very suitable for healthy people to keep fit, and it is also suitable for the combination of prevention and treatment of sub-health people.
Third, the side effects of saffron, the side effects of eating saffron are mainly manifested as: abdominal discomfort, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and even gastrointestinal bleeding, abdominal cramps, and menorrhagia in women. It is mainly related to the exciting effect of safflower on intestine and uterus.
1. Stimulate nerves. Saffron contains factors that stimulate nerves. If taken for a long time, it will cause nervous excitement and disturb sleep habits.
2. Endocrine disorder. Although saffron is beneficial to regulate women's health, taking too much will affect women's endocrine situation, cause endocrine disorders and produce a series of side effects.
3. menstrual disorders. For normal women, menstruation is generally very regular. Because saffron is rich in various ingredients needed by women, it is easy to cause short menstrual cycle and long menstrual period, which seriously affects women's health.
Saffron poisoning.
Fourth, a large number of crocus sativus will be in danger of acute poisoning, leading to vomiting, colic, gastrointestinal bleeding, hematuria and other adverse reactions. Delirium and tremor will occur when poisoning, and convulsions will occur in severe cases, and breathing will be excited first and then inhibited. A few patients have dizziness, rash and transient urticaria, which are related to the excitement and allergic reaction of saffron 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. Anyone who is poisoned should go to the hospital immediately.
Five, saffron taboo, saffron mainly excites the smooth muscle of uterus, intestine, blood vessels and bronchus, especially for pregnant uterus, so pregnant women should not use it, and they also have doubts about the food safety of lactating women. Therefore, 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 the amount for one month (7 or 8 saffrons can be soaked in 3-4 glasses of water each time, once a day). In order to prevent excessive internal heat, abstinence for 3 days is prohibited for pregnant women, lactating women and women with normal menstruation. Use with caution for patients with ulcer and hemorrhagic disease.