Who knows the difference between saffron and safflower

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1. Saffron, also known as saffron and saffron, is a plant of the iris family, and it is the stigma of the flower pistil that is used in medicine; It is mainly produced in Europe and Central Asia, and only a small amount of cultivation is in China; Its flowers are blue-purple or purplish-red, with a specific aroma. The taste is sweet and cold, and the effects of blood circulation and blood stasis, menstruation and pain relief are similar to those of grass safflower, but the effect is stronger. In addition, saffron also has the effect of cooling blood and detoxifying, depressing, and soothing the nerves, and is often used for depression, depression, palpitations and madness.

And saffron ** is higher, generally tens of yuan a gram, grass saffron** is cheap, generally dozens of yuan a kilogram.

2. Safflower, also known as grass safflower, red and blue flower, is the dried tubular flower of the annual herbaceous plant safflower of the Asteraceae family, which is planted in Henan, Hebei, Sichuan, Zhejiang and other provinces. The taste is pungent, the sex is warm, and it has the effect of invigorating blood and menstruation, reducing swelling and relieving pain. In the "Addendum to the Derivation of Materia Medica", it is said that "if you use it more, you will break the blood, and if you use it less, you will nourish the blood".

It is suitable for women with amenorrhea, postpartum lochia, bruises, bruises, hematoma and pain. The safflower oil contained in it can reduce blood cholesterol, ** coronary heart disease, angina, and is also a raw material for making trauma medicine.

Saffron is a pistil in the flower, saffron refers to the kind of grass saffron full flower that we go out in the wild here, saffron is of course rare, just a pistil want to go! Purple red one by one, the effect of blood circulation and hemostasis is particularly good, because saffron is too scarce, people use grass saffron instead, basically with 10 times the grass safflower instead, just like with buffalo horn instead of rhinoceros horn.

1. Difference in origin: safflower is the flower of safflower of the Asteraceae plant. The main products are Henan, Zhejiang, Sichuan and other places; Saffron is saffron and saffron, which is the upper part and stigma of the saffron column of the iris family. Most of them are imported, and a small amount of cultivation is in China.

2. Difference in medicinal properties: safflower is pungent and warm, can invigorate blood and pass menstruation, remove stasis and relieve pain. Saffron is sweet and cold, can invigorate the blood, nourish the blood, dissolve blood stasis and regenerate new, cool the blood and detoxify, relieve depression and calm the nerves.

3. **Difference: Saffron is a valuable medicinal material, while safflower is cheap!

4. How to identify: saffron: powder orange-red, after this product enters the water, the orange-yellow color can be seen to drop in a straight line, and gradually spread, the water is dyed yellow, no precipitation, and the product smells tasteless. Safflower: The powder is orange-yellow, and the color is obviously different from saffron after entering the water, and the product smells tasteful.

I have been drinking the original Iranian saffron that I bought on the official website of Youyitang Saffron, which is a real saffron, an Iranian brand, and I feel that the effect is very good.

The difference between saffron and safflower.

1.The color and appearance of the two are different: the color of safflower is relatively light red or this is yellow-red, and it smells fragrant; The color of saffron is a relatively dark red or orange-red, and it smells basically nothing; In terms of appearance, the safflower appears to be a cylindrical cylindrical flower column, and the top flower head is bar-shaped; The flower head of saffron looks like a trumpet, and the tip of the flower head is jagged, which is clearly different from safflower.

2.The difference between the medicinal value and function of the two: although safflower and saffron have the same effect of relaxing tendons, invigorating blood circulation and removing blood stasis and relieving pain, however, the medicinal range and medicinal value of saffron are much more extensive than safflower, saffron in addition to the above effects, there is also its unique medicinal value, saffron has a good regulating effect on the human nervous system, can help the human body eliminate depression, eliminate palpitations, have the effect of calming the nerves, and improve the body's immunity, can prevent the formation of blood clots and blood lipids, in addition, saffron also has an important effect, that is, it has the effect of abortion, and it is recommended that female friends must be cautious when choosing it.

Safflower is also known as saffron, grass safflower. This medicine tastes pungent and warm, enters the liver, and the heart is two. It has the effect of invigorating blood and passing through menstruation, removing stasis and relieving pain, safflower is a blood medicine, which can cause amenorrhea, postpartum congestion and abdominal pain, joint paralysis and bruises.

Safflower can nourish blood in small doses, invigorate blood in a moderate amount, and break blood in large amounts.

In addition, there is also a kind of saffron, also called saffron, which is native to Europe and Southeast Asia, sweet in taste and cold in nature. The effect is stronger than that of safflower, in addition to invigorating blood and nourishing blood, it also has the function of clearing heat and detoxifying, so it can be used for the evidence of spotting and rash fever in the heat camp.

Saffron is also called crocus. It is the dry stigma of the perennial herbaceous plant crocus of the iris family. It is cultivated only in small quantities in our country, and its flowers are harvested on a sunny morning during the winter flowering season. Its flowers are blue-purple or purplish-red, with a specific aroma.

Saffron has a sweet and cold taste, invigorates blood circulation and dispels blood stasis, and relieves menstruation and pain, but its effect is stronger than that of grass safflower. In addition to the same effect as grass saffron, saffron also has the effect of cooling blood and detoxifying, depressing, and soothing the nerves, and is often used for depression, depression, palpitations and madness.

Identification method: 1. Take a little saffron and soak it in water or alcohol, it can be seen that the flower stigma has a yellow-orange plummet, and gradually dyes the water yellow, while the fake product does not.

2. Take a small amount of saffron and put it on the glass plate, drop a drop of iodine wine, the real product will not change color, and the fake product will become other colors.

The difference between saffron and safflower.

1.The color and appearance of the two are different: the color of safflower is relatively light red or this is yellow-red, and it smells fragrant; The color of saffron is a relatively dark red or orange-red, and it smells basically nothing; In terms of appearance, the safflower appears to be a cylindrical cylindrical flower column, and the top flower head is bar-shaped; The flower head of saffron looks like a trumpet, and the tip of the flower head is jagged, which is clearly different from safflower.

2.The difference between the medicinal value and function of the two: although safflower and saffron have the same effect of relaxing tendons, invigorating blood circulation and removing blood stasis and relieving pain, however, the medicinal range and medicinal value of saffron are much more extensive than safflower, saffron in addition to the above effects, there is also its unique medicinal value, saffron has a good regulating effect on the human nervous system, can help the human body eliminate depression, eliminate palpitations, have the effect of calming the nerves, and improve the body's immunity, can prevent the formation of blood clots and blood lipids, in addition, saffron also has an important effect, that is, it has the effect of abortion, and it is recommended that female friends must be cautious when choosing it.

If women have the most advanced disease to go to Chinese medicine, a kind of traditional Chinese medicine often prescribed by doctors has safflower, this common safflower is grass safflower, the flower is red, the flowers do not look big, the dosage is particularly large, nothing ***, can invigorate blood stasis can invigorate blood stasis. Saffron is less common, and it has the same effect as grass saffron to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. The two have some similarities, but there are still many differences in the growth environment and the shape of the flowers, which can be easily distinguished.

It should be noted that neither safflower can be taken by pregnant women.

Saffron is a well-known Tibetan medicine, and safflower is a plant of the Asteraceae family. Dosage differentiation: Saffron is generally less than 10 grams at a time.

Efficacy: Saffron can detoxify and cool the blood, calm the nerves and relieve depression, and safflower can invigorate blood and dispel blood stasis, and relieve pain through menstruation. **Distinction:

The price of saffron is more than 10 times that of safflower.

What is the difference between safflower and saffron.

The difference between saffron and safflower.

In addition to the effect of invigorating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, safflower and saffron are not used by pregnant women or used with caution, but they are different in terms of morphology, attributes, efficacy, and **. Guidance: Safflower is a cylindrical corolla of Asteraceae plants, which is warm in nature and pungent in taste, and has the functions of invigorating blood paths, dispersing stasis and relieving pain.

Saffron, also known as saffron, is a bulbous herb of the iris family Saffron, which is cool in nature, sweet in taste, slightly bitter, and has the functions of regulating menstruation and relieving pain, invigorating blood and removing stasis, relieving depression and opening knots, cooling blood and detoxifying. Saffron is taller than safflower**.

1. Difference in origin: safflower is the flower of safflower of the Asteraceae plant. The main products are Henan, Zhejiang, Sichuan and other places; Saffron, also known as saffron and saffron, is the upper part and stigma of the saffron column of the iris family.

Most of them are imported, and a small amount of cultivation is in China. 2. Difference in medicinal properties: safflower is pungent and warm, can invigorate blood and pass menstruation, remove stasis and relieve pain.

Saffron is sweet and cold, can invigorate the blood, nourish the blood, dissolve stasis and regenerate the new, cool the blood and detoxify, relieve depression and calm the nerves. 3. **Difference: Saffron is a valuable medicinal material, while safflower is cheap.

Safflower, also known as grass safflower, is an annual herbaceous plant belonging to the class Dicotyledonous Asteraceae, and each tubular flower in the head inflorescence is orange-red. Saffron is a perennial herbaceous plant belonging to the class of monocots, iriseaceae, with bulbs and bluish-purple or purplish-red flowers.