Can you drink saffron while breastfeeding?

If you have postpartum stasis, warm toxin spots (spots and plaques on the skin caused by warm and hot toxins invading the human body), depression, and other symptoms during lactation, you can follow the doctor’s instructions to drink saffron. 1. Blood stasis evidence: saffron is sweet and flat, into the liver meridian blood, good at activating blood stasis, menstruation and eliminating symptoms, and strong effect, so it is often used in blood stasis caused by dysmenorrhea, menstrual closure, menstrual irregularities, post-partum discharge, lumbar and abdominal pain, can be used as a single decoction, and can also be used in combination with other medicines. 2. Warmth and heat, spots and rashes: Saffron enters the liver meridian and blood division (in the four periods of warm disease, it belongs to the deepest stage or position), not only activates blood circulation and removes blood stasis (promotes blood circulation and eliminates blood stasis in the body) but also cools the blood and removes toxins (refers to the treatment of blood-heat and toxins), which is especially suitable for the warmth and heat and the spots and rashes. Cooling the Blood and removing toxins can be combined with Da Qing Ye to clear heat and remove toxins (removing heat and toxins from the body). 3. Evidence of various kinds of lumps and knots: Saffron enters the heart meridian, activates blood circulation and can disperse depression and open knots, stabilizing the mind. It can dispel depression, eliminate lumps and fullness, and stabilize the mind and spirit in cases of depression, unresolved qi knot and chest tightness, which may even lead to restlessness, palpitation and trance, or insanity. If treating the chest and diaphragm fullness caused by melancholy and depression, palpitation and trance, use this medicine alone in soup, or with yujin. Pregnant women should take it with caution. However, it is important to note that the effect of a single Chinese medicine is weak, and can be used together with other medicines under the guidance of a TCM doctor to achieve the best therapeutic effect. When patients need to take saffron, it is recommended to be under the diagnosis and treatment of a traditional Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not be used on its own, in order to avoid serious consequences.