Saffron and Szechuan shellfish mother in the efficacy and role does not conflict, in general, can be brewed together to drink water, brewing water to drink with heat and moisten the lungs (to remove the heat to moisturize the lungs), relieve depression and tranquilize the mind and other effects. However, the effective components of the water to drink the precipitation is limited, for the above conditions may only be able to alleviate the expected therapeutic effect can not be achieved, the specific use of medication, you need to follow the doctor’s instructions. Chuanbei mother, taste bitter, sweet, sex slightly cold. It belongs to lung and heart meridian. It has the efficacy of clearing heat and moistening the lung, resolving phlegm and relieving cough, dispersing knots and eliminating carbuncle (evacuating knots and eliminating carbuncle poison). It is used for lung-heat and dry cough, dry cough with little sputum, cough due to yin deficiency, blood in sputum, scrofula (mainly refers to tuberculosis of lymph nodes in the neck), mammary carbuncle, and carbuncle of lung. It should not be used with Chuanwu, made Chuanwu, Caowu, made Gewu, and epiphyllum. Saffron, sweet in flavor and flat in nature. It belongs to the heart and liver meridians. It has the efficacy of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis (promoting blood circulation and eliminating blood stasis in the body), cooling blood and removing toxins (referring to the treatment of blood-heat and toxins), relieving depression and tranquilizing the mind. It is used for treating menstrual obstruction in the abdomen (women with lumps in the lower abdomen), post-partum stasis, warm-heat toxicity and spots (warm-heat toxicity invading the body resulting in spots and plaques on the skin). Use with caution for pregnant women.