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Botanical Name: Crocus Sativus

English/Common Name: Saffron

Ayurvedic Name: Kesar

Part Used: Dried stigmas and tops of styles of crocus staivus flower

Habitat and Botany: An autumnal dwarf herb cultivated in Kashmir, India.

Action and Uses

It has a peculiar aromatic odor and a bitter pungent taste. It is stimulant, aphrodisiac and stomachic. Slightly anodyne and Antispasmodic (this property has two meanings, first it overcomes stomach pain and second it liquefies the phlegm deposited in the lungs), diuretic. it is used in very small doses. Its aphrodisiac property is due to its stimulation of central nervous system. It is given in anemia and seminal debility. As a stimulant and aphrodisiac, it is considered to be a sovereign remedy. it gives the urine a yellow color.

Safety: No significant information regarding adverse side effects of this herb is available so far.

According to Ayurveda: herbs are taken in combination with other herbs to neutralize the toxicity of one herb with the opposing effect of he other or to enhance the particular effect of one herb with the help of other.

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