Can I drink saffron tea when I have a cold?

You should not drink saffron water when you have a cold, because drinking saffron water during a cold will aggravate the condition, and saffron and cold medicine cannot be used separately. Everyone should pay attention to the use of saffron. Saffron has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. It can be used to promote the discharge of blood stasis in the body. It can improve menstruation for women with scanty menstruation, but it cannot be consumed by women with heavy menstruation. Saffron is cold in nature, so it cannot be consumed by people with colds or cold constitutions.

Can I drink saffron when I have a cold?

1. It is not recommended to drink saffron during a cold, because saffron is a cold substance and has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. If the cold is caused by wind-heat, saffron will not have much effect. However, if the cold is caused by wind and cold, it is not recommended to drink saffron. This will only aggravate the condition and make the cold more serious.

2. If you must drink saffron in your daily life, you must use it separately from cold medicine, with an interval of more than one hour, so as not to affect the efficacy of the medicine.

What Chinese medicinal herbs can I take for a cold?

1. Chrysanthemum tea. Chrysanthemum tea has a pungent and dispersing taste, its aroma is refreshing and upward-floating, and it is slightly cold and clears away heat. It can also effectively relieve wind-heat in the lung meridian. It is usually used to treat wind-heat colds or the initial stage of febrile diseases. It has a good effect on fever, headache and cough. You can also soak it in water with Forsythia suspensa or Platycodon grandiflorum and drink it, which is very effective for colds.

2. Folium Isatidis. Isatis indigotica is good at clearing away the heat and toxins in the heart and stomach meridians. It is often used to treat febrile diseases with excessive heat and toxicity in the heart and stomach. It can treat high fever and coma. It also has a good effect on sore throat, mouth ulcers, and various hot and toxic sores and carbuncles. Decoctions of Isatis indigotica have broad-spectrum antibacterial effects and can inhibit influenza viruses. At the same time, it can promote the body's immune function.

3. Bupleurum. Chaihu is a well-known cold medicine that can reduce fever, dispel evil, relieve symptoms of the disease and reduce fever, as well as dispersing evil in the Shaoyang meridian. Whether it is a cold caused by wind-heat or wind-cold, you can take Bupleurum, which can also treat bitter mouth, dry throat, dizziness and vertigo, so taking Bupleurum is the best choice for a cold.

Although colds are minor illnesses in life, we should never ignore them. We must take good care of our daily health, improve our body's immunity, and exercise more often. Eat more fruits and vegetables to prevent catching cold. After all, prevention is the best way to treat disease, and you can also take more medicinal herbs to prevent colds in your life.