What was the price of saffron in 2019, and what are its benefits?
Saffron is a common traditional Chinese medicinal herb, and it can also be used as a food spice. People often use it to make infused water or infused liquor for health preservation. What is the price of saffron in 2019? What benefits does saffron have? For details, see the text below.
1. The price of saffron in 2019
At present, more and more growers are cultivating saffron, and the price of saffron threads is also decreasing. In 2019, the price of saffron was relatively stable, generally 50 yuan to 100 yuan per gram. The price of saffron mainly depends on its quality: whether the threads are straight, whether the threads are red, the length of the threads, and so on. A small amount of high-quality saffron may be priced higher.
2. What benefits does saffron have?
Saffron is a tonic and can activate blood circulation and remove blood stasis, cool the blood and remove toxins, beautify and nourish the skin, and provide some other benefits. It is generally used to treat irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, postpartum blood stasis and abdominal pain, infertility, and other gynecological diseases. It has significant therapeutic effects on cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, regulating liver and kidney function, regulating the three highs, and fighting tumors and cancer. Drinking saffron-infused water is the most commonly used method of taking saffron.
1. Regularly drinking saffron tea can prevent and treat cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, protect the heart, and have very good effects on myocardial infarction and other cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
2. Saffron can regulate the endocrine system, promote blood circulation, improve the human body's immunity and resistance, and can strengthen physical constitution.
3. Saffron can treat irregular menstruation in women. China's Yuan Dynasty “Yinshan Zhengyao” records that saffron “is sweet in taste and slightly pungent, neutral in nature; enters the heart and liver meridians; light in body and moist in quality, enters the blood and disperses, mainly treats irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum retention of lochia, abdominal mass pain, and other conditions.” The side effect of saffron is miscarriage, and pregnant women must not consume it.
3. Beautifying and nourishing the skin. Saffron has the effect of beautifying and nourishing the skin, and has been loved by women since ancient times. The Ming Dynasty “Bencao Pinhui Jingyao” records the benefits and effects of saffron: “It mainly treats heart depression and accumulated stagnation, qi oppression that does not disperse, opens the stomach and promotes eating, and when taken for a long time nourishes the lower origin and improves complexion.”
3. How is saffron eaten?
The common ways to eat saffron are to drink it as infused water, cook it in porridge, make soup with it, or infuse it in liquor. Each time, use 5 to 8 saffron threads to infuse in water; after infusing about 3 times, the threads can be eaten, and honey can be added appropriately according to personal taste. If used to make soup or porridge, about 10 saffron threads can be added. The ratio for saffron-infused liquor is 1 jin of baijiu to 1 gram of saffron; after soaking for one week, it is ready to drink.
Saffron is a relatively precious medicinal herb. Regularly consuming saffron can make one radiant and make the body healthier, and it is very suitable for women to consume over the long term.