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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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