What other names does saffron have? Let us learn about its common names

Other names for saffron

Crocus, saffron crocus.

Saffron's habits

Saffron is a typical autumn-planted bulbous flower, native to southern Europe. It prefers cool, humid, and semi-shaded environments and is relatively cold-tolerant.

Saffron is suitable for growing in well-drained, humus-rich sandy loam.pHvalue5.5-6.5。

Saffron corms go dormant in summer and send out roots and sprout leaves in autumn.10It blooms in late month, and the flowers open by day and close at night.

Saffron's value

Medicinal: Saffron is a famous and precious traditional Chinese medicinal material. Its dried stigmas are sweet in taste and neutral in nature, and can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, relieve stagnation and open knots, and stop pain. It is used to treat anxiety and depression, chest and diaphragm distension and oppression, vomiting blood, typhoid mania, fright and trance, women's amenorrhea, blood-stagnation irregular menstruation, postpartum lochia linger, blood stasis pain, measles, bruises and injuries, etc.

Dietary: Saffron is used as a coloring and flavoring seasoning in Mediterranean regions, Eastern dishes, Arab and Indian cooking, and in breads of the United Kingdom, Scandinavia, and the Balkans. It is also an important ingredient in French bouillabaisse and Spanish paella. Common ways to consume it include taking it orally, steeping it in water, steeping it in alcohol, adding it to meals, and steaming eggs, but saffron should not be used too much.

Spice: Saffron's pungent golden stigmas are very precious, used for flavoring and coloring food, and also used as a dye.

Saffron flower language

Happiness.