How to take saffron

Saffron is a common tonic in our lives. It can regulate our body very well and can play a good role in activating blood circulation and nourishing blood, but we usually use saffron to soak in water to improve the body. There are many ways to eat saffron, which can better regulate the body, but you must master the method. Let’s learn about the method of taking saffron below.

How to take saffron

1. Saffron tea

How to make saffron tea: Take 5 to 10 saffron filaments, soak them in boiling water and drink them. Add water 3 to 5 times and then take them together with the filaments. Contraindications for using saffron tea: pregnant women, menstruating women, and patients with bleeding should use with caution!

2. 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.

3. Saffron porridge

Method 1: Add appropriate amount of water to 100 grams of rice and 10 to 20 saffron roots and cook into porridge once a day. It is suitable for traumatic pain caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, chronic hepatitis, coronary heart disease, angina pectoris, sequelae of stroke, etc.

Method 2: Soak 10 to 20 saffron roots in boiling water, boil 100 grams of rice, add saffron water, then cook into porridge and serve.

4. Saffron Rice

In Iran, whether you are eating rice in a restaurant or at an ordinary home, there must be a layer of yellow rice on top of the rice, which is soaked in saffron water. This saffron rice also features another Iranian specialty: cashews. The crispness of the cashews, coupled with the subtle fragrance of saffron, makes the rice very delicious.

5. Saffron and Coconut Milk Mussel Soup

Fry chopped onion and garlic slices until fragrant, then add black mussels, pour in white wine and then add saffron, and cook until the mussels are open, then take out; add coconut milk into the pot and slowly boil and concentrate, then add cream and bring to a boil, season with salt and pepper; put the shredded vegetables into a soup bowl, arrange the mussels around it, and garnish with mussels in their shells; pour the soup in the pot into a blender, break it up so that there are small bubbles on the soup surface, pour it into a soup bowl and garnish with coriander.

Taboos on eating saffron:

1. Although saffron is a good medicine, its side effects should not be underestimated. If a person without blood stasis takes this medicine all day long, it may cause blood rupture (i.e. the skin may break and bleed easily).

2. Saffron also has another effect, which is to promote miscarriage, so pregnant women and women who want to have a baby should not take saffron. Saffron has long been used as a folk abortion drug with a long history. (It is ineffective for contraception and increases the chance of miscarriage) However, it can be used to replenish blood after childbirth.

3. In addition, it is best to take less than 10 grams of saffron each time, because there are recorded cases that saffron has a strong excitatory effect on the nervous system, so some people take a large amount of saffron and experience dizziness due to excessive excitement. People with sensitive constitutions even develop allergic urticaria and rashes.

4. Saffron counterfeiting is serious. Eating fake saffron is not only ineffective, but may also cause other serious consequences. Therefore, when purchasing saffron, you must go to a regular pharmacy.

The above is an introduction to how to take saffron. After understanding it, we know that there are many ways to eat saffron, and it can also be made into delicious food. In addition, although saffron can better regulate the body, it must not be consumed in excess, and pregnant women should try not to eat saffron.