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Saffron Crocus sativus

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Saffron threads on a wooden spoon
Common Names
Saffron ,
Botanical Name
Crocus sativus
Family
IRIDACEAE Iris Family
Saffron Medicinal Properties & Benefits
Common Uses:
Properties:
Parts Used: dried stigma (stamens) of the flower
Constituents:carotenoids, including zeaxanthin, lycopene, vitamin b2, riboflavin, crocin
Traditions: Ayurvedic * European *

Saffron, the worlds most expensive spice, is spice derived from the dried stigma of the flower of the saffron crocus. The use of saffron comes down to us from anitquity, and was used by ancient Greeks, Indians and Egyptian in both cooking and medicine. Traditional uses of saffron extend far beyond the kitchen. Saffron has been used to reduce fever, to regulate the menstrual cycle, to combat epilepsy and convulsions and to treat digestive disorders. The bitter glucoside picrocrocin is responsible for saffron's flavour.

Saffron yields a deep, rich yellow that has given its mark to the robes of Tibetan monks, and just a single thread can flavor a whole meal, Saffron contains more than 150 volatile and aroma-yielding compounds.


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SaffronSaffron, whole stamens Crocus sativus Origin- Spain
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Saffron for :Depression
Depression

Modern research is confirming the effectiveness of saffron as an antidepressant and an anti-convulsant. In some studies, it has proved as effective as fluozepan in treating depression.

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Astrology:
folkloreIt is an herb of the Sun, and under the Lion, and therefore you need not demand a reason why it strengthens the heart so exceedingly. Let not above ten grains be given at one time, for the Sun, which is the fountain of light, may dazzle the eyes and make them blind; a cordial being taken in an immoderate quantity, hurts the heart instead of helping it. It quickens the brain, for the Sun is exalted in Aries, as he hath his house in Leo. It helps consumptions of the lungs, and difficulty of breathing. It is excellent in epidemical diseases, as pestilence, small-pox, and measles. It is a notable expulsive medicine, and a notable remedy for the yellow jaundice. My opinion is, (but I have no author for it) that hermodactyls are nothing else but the roots of Saffron dried; and my reason is, that the roots of all crocus, both white and yellow, purge phlegm as hermodactyls do; and if you please to dry the roots of any crocus, neither your eyes nor your taste shall distinguish them from hermodactyls. Nicholas Culpeper
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