What are the medicinal properties of saffron

Saffron is a plant that originates from abroad. It has only been introduced into my country in recent years. Now it has become an essential food for people's health care. Saffron, also known as crocus, has powerful medical effects. It is not only beneficial to physical health, but also can cure diseases. However, there are still many people who don’t know much about saffron. Let’s talk about the medicinal properties of saffron in detail below.

Medicinal value

Saffron is a famous Tibetan medicine both at home and abroad. It has unique medicinal effects and is especially famous for its ability to promote blood circulation and nourish blood. According to the Compendium of Materia Medica, saffron can "promote blood circulation, relieve depression, and treat palpitations." Saffron has the effects of dredging meridians and activating collaterals, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, dispersing blood stasis and relieving knots, reducing swelling and relieving pain, cooling blood and detoxifying, and relieving depression. Long-term use can have pleasing effects and comprehensively enhance the body's immunity. Modern pharmacological research has proven that saffron is effective in improving myocardial blood supply and oxygen supply. Saffron contains a variety of glycosides, which can significantly increase the blood flow in the coronary arteries.

Scientists have discovered that crocitin, safranal, crocin and protocrocin contained in the stamens of saffron all have strong anti-cancer activity. It has a particularly strong inhibitory effect on blood cancer cells, papillary cancer, squamous cell tumors and soft tissue sarcomas. Its anti-cancer mechanism is to inhibit the DNA and RNA synthesis of cancer cells, inhibit the activity of cellular protein kinases and the expression of proto-oncogenes, inhibit the toxicity of carcinogens such as benzopyrene and 12-O-14-acylphosphatone-13-acetate (TPA), and inhibit tumor formation at the molecular level. Its median lethal dose for cancer cells is 0.8 to 2 muM, which is far less toxic than retinoic acid. Therefore, anti-cancer active substances such as crocin will become one of the most ideal anti-cancer drugs in the 21st century.

Saffron's unique magical effects have been widely used by the medical community at home and abroad to prevent and treat cerebral thrombosis, vasculitis, myocardial infarction, blood deficiency and physical weakness, irregular menstruation, postpartum congestion, body pain, bruises, neurasthenia, palpitations and insanity and other diseases.

Modern research has given us a deeper understanding of saffron, and some people have discovered that saffron preparations have powerful anti-cancer and tumor-suppressing abilities, especially for leukemia, ovarian cancer, colon cancer and other cancers. Therefore, it is recommended that you buy some saffron and drink it directly by soaking it in water.