Saffron and saffron both have the effect of activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis (promoting blood circulation and eliminating body stagnation), but there are differences in their sources, places of origin, flavors, effects and main treatments. Patients should consult a medical professional before use.
Source and origin: Saffron is the dried flower of saffron in the family of Asteraceae, cultivated all over the country, mainly produced in Henan, Zhejiang, Sichuan and other places. Saffron is the dried stigma of saffron, family Iridaceae, distributed in southern European countries and Iran, etc., China’s Beijing, Shandong, Zhejiang, Sichuan and other places have introduced cultivation.
Flavor: both into the heart, liver meridian, but the saffron flavor pungent, warm nature; saffron flavor sweet, nature flat.
Efficacy and treatment: Both have the effect of activating blood circulation, removing blood stasis and clearing menstruation, and can be used to treat menstrual closure, dysmenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, obstruction in the obstruction in the abdomen and lumps (lumps). Saffron also has the effects of cooling the blood and detoxifying the mind, relieving depression and tranquilizing the spirit, and can be used for warm poisonous spots (spots and plaques appearing on the skin due to the invasion of warm-heat poisonous evils into the human body), palpitations and madness, and so on.
Patients should choose the appropriate medication under the guidance of a professional Chinese medicine practitioner, and should not use the medication blindly.