Crocus sativus, also known as crocus and crocus sativus, is a perennial flower of Crocus in Iris family and a common perfume. Perennial herbs. Bulb oblate, spherical, about 3 cm in diameter, covered by yellow-brown film. Basal leaves, 9- 15, strip-shaped, gray-green, with the edge rolled back; 4-5 membranous sheaths are wrapped at the base of the foliage. The flower stems are short and do not protrude from the ground; 1-2 flowers, light blue, reddish purple or white, fragrant, orange-red style, slightly flat stigma, wedge-shaped top, shallow teeth, narrow spindle-shaped ovary. Capsule oval, about 3 cm long.
It is a native species in southwest Asia and was first cultivated by Greeks. 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 valuable Chinese herbal medicine with strong physiological activity. Its stigma is used as medicine in Asia and Europe, which has sedative, expectorant and spasmolytic effects. It can be used for treating gastropathy, menstruation, measles, fever, jaundice, hepatosplenomegaly, etc.
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Crocus sativus is a famous and precious Chinese herbal medicine, and its main medicinal part is a small stigma, so it is very precious. Flowers contain carotenoids, mainly crocin, dimethyl crocin, crocin and volatile oil, and crocin aldehyde is the main oil.
Its dry stigma is sweet and flat, and it can promote blood circulation, remove blood stasis and relieve pain. Can be used for the treatment of depression, chest and diaphragm fullness, hematemesis, typhoid fever, fright and trance, amenorrhea, blood stasis, irregular menstruation, postpartum lochia, blood stasis, measles, traumatic injury, etc. Used as a sedative and a repellent abroad. Promote blood circulation to remove blood stasis, cool blood and detoxify, relieve depression and soothe the nerves. Warm poison with spots, anxiety and depression, panic.
Pharmacopoeia. Kaqigeergen: In Tibetan medicine in China, stigma is used for liver diseases, blood diseases and body building. Ancient Japanese ancient wood: the stigma is clear of liver heat and the body is cultivated; Tibetan medicine for all liver diseases.
Uyghur doctor Zepal: The flower stigma is used for traumatic injury, blood stasis pain, blood stasis amenorrhea, liver depression, chest and hypochondriac tingling, postpartum abdominal pain, mental disorder, blurred vision, and forgetfulness in Uyghur medical records.
Stigma (saffron): sweet and flat. Promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis and relieving pain. Can be used for treating blood stasis, menoxenia, postpartum lochia, blood stasis, traumatic injury, and chest tightness.