Can saffron be drunk every day? Plus cultivation methods
Saffron, this is something many people are very familiar with, it can be used as a Chinese herbal medicine, and if you want to buy this saffron, the price is still a bit on the expensive side. Let's take a look at what the cultivation method of saffron is like? Can saffron be drunk every day:
Cultivation methods of saffron:
Prepare the potting soil in advance, choose fertile, loose soil rich in humus. When selecting corms, you must choose robust corms that are large and plump, without mold spots or disease spots. In autumn, plant the corms in flower pots. In principle, one plant per pot, but according to the size of the plant and the pot, 4-6 plants can be appropriately planted per pot. After planting, cover with 5-8 cm of soil. Within one week after planting, place the flower pot in a cool, ventilated place, and after one week it can be moved to a bright place for care.
1. Soil:
Saffron likes relatively loose, slightly acidic soil. You can go to a flower market to buy general-purpose flower culture soil, or mix it yourself at home, using garden soil, leaf mold, base fertilizer, and fine sand in a 2:2:1:1 ratio. After mixing, disinfect it with carbendazim, then put it in a flower pot for later use.
2. Watering:
Saffron is usually planted in autumn, and winter and spring are its growing period. The climate is cold and dry, so appropriate watering is needed. About 20 days after planting, seedlings emerge. Water once before emergence to facilitate emergence. Water once before winter to prevent freezing, in order to increase the soil temperature. Water once in mid-April to reduce the harm of dry hot winds. When watering, note that when the temperature is relatively low, do not water with ice water. The water temperature should be equivalent to room temperature, so as to avoid the potting soil freezing and affecting plant growth.
3. Fertilizing:
Saffron likes a well-lit environment. The stronger the light, the better it grows. Because the entire growing season is in autumn, there is no need for shading treatment. The optimal light duration is 4-6 hours per day, but the growing temperature must not exceed 30 degrees. The most suitable temperature for flowering is 18-24 degrees, and the overwintering management temperature in winter should not be lower than 5 degrees.
4. Corm storage:
From late April to early May, the aboveground branches and leaves of saffron gradually turn yellow, and the corms can be dug out of the pots for storage. After digging out, classify the corms, and promptly deal with corms that are rotten or have disease spots, either by removing them or throwing them away. Place the saffron corms in a gauze bag and store them in a place with little light, cool and ventilated, keeping the room dry. They can be replanted in autumn.
Can saffron be drunk every day:
Saffron itself is a blood-activating medicine. Generally, it is only used for blood deficiency in the body and for the blood-activating and mass-dissolving effect in treating dysmenorrhea. It can achieve the effect of nourishing and activating blood so that menstruation does not cause dysmenorrhea due to clots. However, this medicine is overly stimulating. It can promote the excitatory effect of the uterus. It increases the contractile power of the uterus. But this product should not be taken for a long time. It can only be taken for two to three days during menstrual dysmenorrhea. However, saffron is a cooling-natured medicine. It is generally mostly used in cases of severe dysmenorrhea. It is combined with other Chinese medicines to treat the function of activating blood.
The cultivation methods of saffron are introduced here. This saffron is not suitable for drinking every day, as it will affect health.
The effects and functions of saffron should not be underestimated!
As everyone knows, saffron is a precious Chinese medicinal material with relatively high pharmacological value, but if asked exactly what functions and effects it has, it is believed that few people can answer. For this reason, the editor here has collected some relevant materials to talk about the effects and functions, side effects, and ways to eat saffron.
·Effects and functions of saffron
·Side effects of saffron
·Ways to eat saffron
[Plant profile]
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Chinese name:Fanhonghua
Scientific name:Crocus sativus
Alternative names:Xihonghua, saffron
Family:Iridaceae
Genus:Crocus
Place of origin and distribution:Native to southern Europe, commonly cultivated throughout China. It is generally believed that saffron originated in the Mediterranean region, Asia Minor, and Iran. It is cultivated in Iran and Kashmir, and it is believed to have been introduced into China by the Mongol expeditionary army.
Morphological characteristics:Perennial herb. The corm is flattened and round-spherical, about 3 cm in diameter, covered outside with a yellow-brown membranous coat. Leaves are basal, 9-15 in number, linear, gray-green, 15-20 cm long, 2-3 mm wide, with recurved edges; the base of the leaf cluster is wrapped with 4-5 membranous sheath-like leaves. The flower stem is very short, not extending above the ground; flowers are 1-2, light blue, red-purple, or white, fragrant, 2.5-3 cm in diameter; perianth segments 6, arranged in 2 whorls, both inner and outer perianth segments obovate, apex obtuse, 4-5 cm long; stamens erect, 2.5 cm long, anthers yellow, apex pointed, slightly curved; style orange-red, about 4 cm long, upper part 3-branched, branches curved and drooping, stigma slightly flattened, apex wedge-shaped, with shallow teeth, longer than stamens, ovary narrowly fusiform. Capsule elliptical, about 3 cm long.
Precautions for saffron:It is a famous blood-activating Chinese medicine. For its storage, attention should be paid to always keeping it oily and moist, so it is advisable to put it in a sealed small porcelain jar and store it in a cool place.
Suitable pairings: When brewing saffron tea, it is suitable to brew it alone, and it is not suitable to pair it with other flower teas.
Brewing and drinking method: Brewing and drinking method of saffron tea: brew one teaspoon of dried saffron with one cup of boiling water. After it cools, filter out the residue, add honey and mix well.
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Side effects of saffron
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Effects of saffron
Regulates menstruation, activates blood, removes stasis, relieves pain, used to clear liver heat, blood stasis and blood stagnation, irregular menstruation, postpartum lochia not ending, traumatic injuries, internal and external bleeding, pneumonia, physical weakness, strengthening vitality and fitness. It is a good medicine for liver disease.
·"It mainly treats heart depression and accumulated qi, with stifling qi that does not disperse; long-term consumption makes people happy." --Recorded in *Yinshan Zhengyao*
·"It mainly disperses depression and regulates blood, relieves chest and diaphragm oppression, opens the appetite and promotes eating and drinking; taken for a long time it nourishes the lower origin, improves complexion, and treats typhoid madness." --Recorded in *Pinhui Jingyao*
·"Activates blood, and also treats palpitations." --Recorded in *Gangmu*
Effects of saffron
1. Effect on the circulatory system Saffron extract has an excitatory effect on respiration. Under normal-pressure hypoxia conditions, it can enhance the oxygen metabolism function within cells, improve the heart's ability to tolerate hypoxia, and to a certain extent reduce the damage of strenuous exercise to myocardial cells, having a certain protective effect on the heart.
2. Anti-tumor effect Modern research has found that saffron preparations have obvious cancer-inhibiting and anti-cancer abilities.
3. Effect on the liver and gallbladder Saffron has a cholagogic effect, and the effective components are sodium crocetinate and crocetin esters. Crocetin can lower cholesterol and increase fat metabolism, and can be combined with traditional Chinese medicines such as hawthorn, cassia seed, and Alisma to treat fatty liver.
4. Effect on the kidneys Saffron has a cholagogic effect, and crocetin can lower cholesterol and increase fat metabolism, and can be combined with traditional Chinese medicines such as hawthorn, cassia seed, and Alisma to treat fatty liver.
5. Immune regulatory effect Clinically, saffron is used to treat various chronic diseases in the human body. Through its effects of activating blood and resolving stasis, and antibacterial and anti-inflammatory effects, it enhances the body's endurance and strengthens lymphocyte proliferation responses, thereby improving the body's cellular immunity and humoral immunity, playing a role in regulating the movement of qi in the human body and balancing yin and yang in the human body.
6. Other effects. Saffron extract, especially crocin, can effectively inhibit the activity of oxygen free radicals and xanthine oxidase, showing antioxidant biological activity.
Side effects of saffron
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1. The effects of activating blood, removing stasis, and promoting menstruation are the same as those of safflower but with stronger medicinal power, and it can also cool blood and detoxify, disperse depression and open masses. It is used for heat-toxin macules and rashes with dull color, anxiety and depression, and chest and diaphragm fullness. Use raw. Oral administration: decoct in water, 1-3 grams. Pregnant women are forbidden to take it. Excessive intake can cause adverse reactions such as vomiting, intestinal colic, gastrointestinal bleeding, blood in urine, clouded consciousness, and convulsions.
2. Saffron contains safflorquinone glycoside, neosafflor glycoside, safflor glycoside, safflower yellow pigment, and yellow pigment. Adverse reactions: mainly manifested as abdominal discomfort, abdominal pain, diarrhea, or even gastrointestinal bleeding, abdominal colic, and excessive menstruation in women. This is mainly related to the excitatory effect of safflower on the intestinal tract and uterus.
3. It is related to safflower's excitatory effect on the nervous system and allergic reactions. There are two main causes of safflower poisoning: one is misuse, and the other is excessive dosage.
Wonderful uses of saffron--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1. Various lumpy accumulations: take one saffron flower each time and take it with brewed soup. Avoid oily meat and salt; it is advisable to eat bland porridge. (*Gangmu Shiyi*)
2. To treat typhoid madness, terror, and trance: take two fen of saffron, one cup of water, soak overnight and take it. (*Yilin Jiyao*)
3. To treat hematemesis: one saffron flower, one cup of ashless wine. Put the flower into the wine, stew it in a double boiler until the juice comes out, and take it. (*Gangmu Shiyi*)
People who should not consume saffron
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1. Saffron can cause rhythmic contractions of the uterus, increase uterine tension and excitability, and at large doses can cause spasmodic contractions. The pregnant uterus is more sensitive and is prone to causing miscarriage, so pregnant women cannot take it.
2. Women should not take it during menstruation;
3. Ulcers mainly refer to gastric ulcers, or some patients with long-term ulcers, who should not take it.
Ways to eat saffron
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1. The general way to eat it is to take 5-8 threads each time and brew them in water. Drink for three days, then stop for one day, or take it every other day. Take 6 to 8 flower threads per day, brew them in 3 or 4 cups of water, and persist in using it. For prevention and health care, it can play a very good role in beauty and health care. With such a small amount used over a long period, its medicinal nature is mild and the effect is quite good, but what matters is persistence.
2. Use alone: you can directly decoct it and take the juice, or brew saffron with boiling water and repeatedly brew it 4 times; friends who drink alcohol can soak 4 grams of saffron in 1 jin of alcohol for half a month and then take it daily.
3. How to make saffron rice: first wash the rice, add 3-5 saffron threads, 3-5 cardamom pods, and an appropriate amount of water. After cooking, add fried cashews, cheese, salt, and shredded coconut, and mix well.
4. As for the medicinal use method, follow the doctor's advice, and there is no need to say more (the medicinal dosage is generally 3-9 grams).
Taboos when eating saffron
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1. Although saffron is a good medicine, its side effects should not be underestimated. If people without qi and blood stasis take this medicine every day, it may cause blood breaking (that is, the skin is prone to ulceration and bleeding).
2. Saffron also has another effect, which is to promote miscarriage, so pregnant women and women who want to have a baby cannot take saffron. Saffron has long been used as a folk abortion drug, with a long history. (Contraception is ineffective, and it increases the chance of miscarriage.) However, it can be used to replenish blood after childbirth.
3. In addition, each time you take saffron, it is best to keep it within 10 grams, because there are recorded cases. Due to saffron's relatively strong excitatory effect on the nervous system, some people experience dizziness and other symptoms caused by excessive excitement after taking a large amount of saffron, and some people with sensitive constitutions develop allergic urticaria and skin rashes.
4. Saffron counterfeiting is serious. Eating fake saffron not only has no effect, but may also cause other serious consequences! When buying saffron, or buying saffron online, it is recommended to choose "Tibet Mall" or "Zangshantang"! For offline purchases, it is recommended to choose brand pharmacies such as Tongrentang, and do not buy from private pharmacies.
"Conclusion:As the saying goes, "medicine is three parts poison." This saying is no exception for a flower like saffron. When taking it, it needs to be taken under a doctor's advice, so as to avoid misuse and excessive dosage, which would cause unnecessary harm.