For sure every representative of the beautiful sex relatives or employees at least once in their life and gave on the Eighth March a small pot with colorful colorful flowers, similar to large snowdrops. Speech about crocuses, which in recent years during the spring holidays simply flood the city. Few people know that the famous crocuses are saffron - a plant used in cooking and medicine. This flower is universal and can not only decorate the room during the holidays, but also heal from a huge number of diseases.
Useful properties and application of saffron
The main advantage of crocus is its rich vitamin composition. In a small-looking flower it contains a lot of vitamins, useful minerals and essential oils. Of particular value are the stigmas (stamens and pistils) of saffron - brownish-reddish and red centers of flowers. Dried stigmas can be used to treat many ailments.
Medicinal seasoning saffron is recommended for women. Crocuses are able to normalize the menstrual cycle and reduce painful sensations during "these days". Drugs based on saffron help to overcome the climacteric period much easier. In ancient times, saffron was even used in the fight against infertility.
Saffron is used for the following problems:
- The plant is useful not only for women, but also for men suffering from problems with reduced potency. This spice is also a powerful aphrodisiac.
- Saffron helps with urolithiasis and cystitis . Normalizes the work of the liver, kidneys and bladder.
- Drugs based on crocus at low pressure are recommended.
- Useful properties of saffron allow the use of plants in the treatment of problems with the stomach and digestive system.
- Crocus treats eye diseases and allows you to restore your eyesight.
To treat using this plant has gone exceptionally to the benefit, it is important to use saffron, following the indicated dosages.
Saffron is so strong that it is often prescribed for oncology. It has a powerful antitumor effect and stops the growth of malignant cancer cells. The flower is able to maintain and tonify the body, strengthening even the most weakened immunity.
Application of saffron in folk medicine and in cosmetology
Traditional medicine saffron has been used for a long time and quite actively. Cosmeticians can also benefit from the plant - masks with saffron rejuvenate the skin and give it health. Recipes in which saffron is used are fairly simple and accessible, but they are extremely effective and useful:
- Stigmas of saffron (for more than half a teaspoon), filled with boiling water and infused for half an hour, must be filtered and cooled before use. This tincture can be eaten - three times a day by a teaspoon before eating - or used for lotions.
- Very often in medicine, saffron is used to treat the liver. The recipe is simple: the stigma is ground and the resulting dust is eaten after eating a few grams.
- Saffron oil, which is available on sale in any pharmacy, helps to normalize sleep and improve the state of the nervous system.
- Three saffron hairs, mixed with a few drops of melted butter, help with a headache. The resulting mixture must be lubricated with the wings of the nose, and the remains inhaled.
- To normalize the menstrual cycle, you need to apply a dozen hairs of saffron grass in a day. Stigmas can be eaten in pure form crushed or, adding them to tea, honey.
- Saffron with milk is an excellent remedy for improving memory and increasing mental performance.
- Ordinary tea after the addition of saffron hairs becomes a drink that increases immunity .