Saffron Crocus sativus
Not yet categorizedWarm
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Traditional recorded function
Invigorate blood and free menstruation, remove blood stasis and relieve pain
1. Used for Blood stasis dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum stasis and stagnation abdominal pain, etc. 2. Used for abdominal masses and accumulations, traumatic injury, injury to the chest and abdomen, pain due to stasis obstruction in the chest and abdomen, etc. 3. Used for blood-heat and stasis stagnation, and dark purple macules and rashes.
Nature & taste
PungentWarm
Meridians entered
HeartLiver
Botanical source
Accepted nameCrocus sativus L.
FamilyIridaceae
Herbal properties
WarmReducingDescendingDispersingMoistening
Found in these formulas
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