How much saffron should be taken at one time

There are very significant differences between traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine. Traditional Chinese medicine usually selects different medicinal materials according to different symptoms, and retains the nutritional value of the medicinal materials through the method of boiling, thereby achieving the effect of curing diseases. Among traditional Chinese medicinal materials, saffron is a very famous one. Saffron is mainly produced in plateau areas such as Tibet. It is very precious and has a very good effect in treating blood circulation and removing blood stasis. This kind of tonic medicine is often not taken too much, otherwise it will have side effects. So how much saffron should be taken at one time?

1. Common ways to eat saffron

Oral administration: Grind into powder and take orally, 0.2 g each time.

Soak in water: Soak 7 or 8 saffron stamens in water and drink it every day (you can soak it 3 or 4 times in a row)

Soaking wine: 500ml white wine, 4g saffron, soak for a week and drink regularly.

Meals: Add a small amount of saffron as a spice when cooking or stir-frying. If you soak it in hot water, you can get its color when cooking rice, or you can use it to make soup with yam, wolfberry and jujube.

2. Saffron Steamed Eggs

Ingredients: 150g eggs

Accessories: 5g saffron

Seasoning: 10g vegetable oil, salt

4g starch (corn) 5g

1. Crack the eggs into a bowl, add water, refined salt and starch, mix well, pour into a glass soup bowl, and steam until cooked; 2. Put starch in a bowl and add water to make wet starch; 3. Heat oil in a wok, add chicken soup and saffron and bring to a boil; 4. Simmer over low heat until the soup turns yellow, add refined salt, thicken with wet starch, and pour over the egg yolks.

3. Spanish Saffron Paella

Ingredients: olive oil rice (with good water absorption), miscellaneous seafood (such as shrimp, shellfish, squid, mussels, etc.), long bell peppers, chicken legs, tomatoes, saffron, garlic, onions, and fish broth.

1. Fry the chicken legs in a small amount of oil until 80% done. Stir-fry the seafood with garlic and add white wine until 50% to 70% done.

2. Take 5 or 6 saffron stamens and soak them in hot water until the color comes out, then set aside; soak rice for 20 minutes, drain and set aside.

3. Take a frying pan, sauté the onion with a small amount of olive oil until golden brown, then add the garlic and stir-fry until fragrant. Add the soaked rice and stir-fry until transparent. Turn the heat to medium-low.

4. Pour in tomatoes and bell peppers, saffron water and fish soup, cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, then pour in mixed seafood and chicken legs, cover the pot and simmer for 5 minutes, then turn off the heat and simmer for another 10 minutes.

5. Just add some lemon juice when eating.

4. Usage of saffron for removing spots

It is especially effective for pigmentation, dark spots, chloasma, etc. caused by blood stasis and qi stagnation. The best way to use saffron to remove spots is to take it internally and apply it externally, that is, drink saffron tea while using a saffron mask.

1. Saffron tea: Take 5 to 10 saffron filaments, soak them in boiling water and drink them. Add water 3 to 5 times and eat them together with the filaments.

2. Saffron mask 1: 1 gram of saffron, 10 grams of angelica, and 10 grams of peach blossom, grind into powder and mix with honey.

3. Saffron mask 2: Grind 1 gram of saffron into powder, add an appropriate amount of pearl powder and a spoonful of honey, and mix with red wine. Because saffron is very expensive, you can reduce the amount of saffron and increase the amount of pearl powder.

Saffron mask has the effects of whitening skin, increasing skin radiance and elasticity, anti-wrinkle, freckle removal, and anti-skin oxidation and aging.

5. Saffron wine

Saffron medicinal wine: 3-4 grams of saffron, 1 jin (500 ml) of white wine, soak for a week and then drink, 20-30 ml per day.

6. Drink saffron in water

Drinking saffron soaked in water is the most common way to eat it, but you should also pay attention to the dosage and method of soaking in water.

Saffron has a strong blood-activating effect. Saffron soaked in water is not suitable for women with heavy menstrual bleeding. In addition, saffron has a strong stimulating effect on the uterus and can cause uterine contractions, so pregnant women should not eat it. In addition, saffron is a little toxic, and the daily dosage used for soaking in water should be controlled within 3 grams.