Common Name – Saffron
Botanical Name – Crocus Sativus
Native – France, Spain, Sicily, Iran and India.
Family – Iriaceae
Parts Used – Dried Stigma
Active Compounds – Mono and diglycosyl estersof / polyene dicarboxylic acid crcetin
Medicinal Properties – Antispasmodic, emmenagogue, expectorant, sedative, rejuvenative, stimulant, aphrodisiac, anodyne, and carminative.
Uses – Good for coughs, gastrointestinal colic, insomnia, stomach gas. Stimulates appetite. Used for flatulence, melancholia, fevers, asthma and enlargement of liver. Used for treating anemia, seminal debility, and chlorosis. It also helps cure neuralgia, rheumatism, looseness of bowels, relieves dysmenorrhoea, leucorrhoea, amenorrhoea, hemorrhoids, headaches, painful affections of the uterus, bruises, sores, and snake bites.
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