The picture above is a comparison picture of saffron and grass saffron.

The price is different: tens of dollars per gram of saffron, grass saffron tens of dollars per kilogram.

Different efficacy: grass saffron is mainly to activate blood, saffron blood activation effect is better, saffron has many other effects, more comprehensive.

Saffron, native to Egypt, but in Pakistan, India and other places of cultivation history is also very long. It has the effect of activating blood circulation. Saffron, also known as saffron or saffron, native to Spain, in Iran, Saudi Arabia and other countries also has a long history of cultivation. In foreign countries, it was initially cultivated only as a dye, but later it was recognized as a valuable medicinal herb for activating blood circulation and resolving blood stasis to relieve pain. In medicine, it is often used to treat blood stasis caused by amenorrhea, chest, abdomen and ribs and other pain, but also to treat wounds and canker sores, especially its blood function has long been known around the world, because of this, as early as the Ming Dynasty saffron has been introduced into our country, in the Compendium of Materia Medica has been included in the medicines and so on. Of course, in terms of its blood nourishing function, it is far more than saffron. But saffron also has its advantages. Saffron contains saffron glucoside, saffron yellow pigment. It also contains fatty oils, called safflower oil, which are palmitic acid, stearic acid and arachidic acid. Stearic acid arachidic acid. Linoleic acid. Linolenic acid. Oleic acid and other fats. Pungent flavor. Warm in nature, it is a traditional gynecological medicine commonly used in Chinese medicine. China's ancient medical books, such as "Materia Medica". The Compendium of Materia Medica. The Compendium of Materia Medica. The Supplement to the Derivation of the Materia Medica" and "Drugs and Medicines" all have detailed records and discussions. It can open the menstruation and treat blood, tonify and diarrhea, break and nourish, work and guide. It has different effects depending on the way it is taken. Xinjiang saffron has a long history, wide distribution, the Tianshan Mountains north and south of the vast plains are planted. Abundant supply, in addition to supplying the domestic market needs, saffron and safflower seeds have a certain amount of export sales. Especially Xinjiang saffron, and the value of expensive saffron (i.e. saffron) compared to the price can be said to be inexpensive and economical.