Saffron for the Chinese herbal medicine crocus sativus alias, saffron and crocus sativus is two kinds of traditional Chinese medicine, soak and drink is different, saffron soak and drink has a certain amount of blood circulation and pass the menstruation, dissipate blood stasis and pain relief effect; crocus sativus soak and drink has a certain amount of blood circulation and remove blood stasis, cool blood and detoxification, depressive and tranquilizing effect. But we need to pay attention to the limited efficacy of taking water, can not replace the drug treatment.
Safflower is the dried flower of the chrysanthemum plant, warm, its effect is to activate blood circulation, dissipate blood stasis and relieve pain, suitable for blood stasis obstruction of menstrual closure, dysmenorrhea, as well as stagnation of abdominal pain, thoracic and hypochondriacal (chest and ribs) stabbing pain, bruises and injuries, heat, blood stasis and other diseases.
This medicine is used as a decoction, and drinking it in water also has a certain effect, but the active ingredients are limited to be analyzed. Pregnant women should be careful with this drug, and those with bleeding tendency should not use more.
Crocus sativus is the dried stigma of Saffron, family Iridaceae, which is slightly cold in nature. Its effects include activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, cooling the blood and detoxifying the toxin, relieving depression and tranquilizing the mind, and it is suitable for treating post-partum stasis and obstruction of blood circulation, menstrual obstruction and obstruction of pregnancy, mass in the abdomen (women with lumps in their lower abdomen), warm and poisonous spotting (the appearance of spots and patches on the skin caused by the invasion of warm and poisonous evils on the human body), palpitations and frantic, melancholic depression and congestion. This medicine should be taken by decoction or infusion in boiling water. Pregnant women should use this medicine with caution.
For the sake of medication safety, saffron infusion is not recommended for drinking, and specific medication should follow the doctor’s instructions.