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Name (CN)	西红花 (Xī hónɡ huā)
Synonyms (CN)	藏红、藏红花、番红花、撒馥兰、洎夫蓝、撒法郎、撒法即、番栀子蕊
Name (EN)	Saffron
Scientific name(s)	Stigma Croci
Used section	The upper part of the saffron style and stigma
Taste	Sweet
Channel Tropism	Induce in the heart and liver meridians.
Cold/Hot properties	Moderate
Group	Plant [Vegetables And Products]

Origin	The dried stigma of Crocus sativus L, family Iridaceae.
Function and treatment	Promoting blood circulation and resolving blood stasis, dispersing depression and opening knots. Treating depression and anxiety, stuffiness in the chest and diaphragm, vomiting of blood, fever and fever in typhoid fever, panic and trance, menorrhagia in women, abdominal pain with blood stasis after childbirth, and pain and swelling from falling and puffing.
Origin and best harvesting period	It is now cultivated in Beijing, Shandong, Zhejiang and Sichuan. When the flowers bloom in autumn, the stigma is removed and dried in the shade.

No.	Name(s)
COMP-000005	stigmasterol
COMP-000006	glycine
COMP-000007	β-ionone; beta-ionone; 3-buten-2-one, 4-(2,6,6-trimethyl-1-cyclohexen-1-yl)-
COMP-000031	nicotinic acid; niacin
COMP-000037	riboflavine; vitamin b2; riboflavin
COMP-000038	safranal; 2,6,6-trimethyl-1,3-cyclohexadiene-1-carboxaldehyde
COMP-000043	thiamine
COMP-000044	zeaxanthin; all-trans-zeaxanthin; zeaxanthins; (3r,3'r, all-e)-zeaxanthin; zeaxanthine
COMP-000056	2-pentylfuran; furan, 2-pentyl-; 2-pentyl-furan
COMP-000072	heptanal; n-heptanal
COMP-000074	naphthalene
COMP-000082	1-octen-3-ol; matsutake alcohol
COMP-000097	hexadecanoic acid; palmitic acid; n-hexadecanoic acid
COMP-000101	benzaldehyde; benzadehyde
COMP-000109	n-tricosane; tricosane
COMP-000115	1-pentanol; pentanol
COMP-000116	carotene; alpha-carotene
COMP-000122	nonanal; nonaldehyde; n-nonanal
COMP-000135	2-acetylfuran; ethanone, 1-(2-furanyl)-
COMP-000142	kaempferol-3-o-rutinoside; kaempferol 3-rhamno-glucoside; kaempferol 3-rutinoside; kaempferol 3-o-rutinoside; nicotiflorin
COMP-000146	safrole; 1,3-benzodioxole, 5-(2-propenyl)-; safrol
COMP-000149	lutein; lutein ester
COMP-000154	vanillic acid; 4-hydroxy-3-methoxybenzoic acid
COMP-000158	caffeic acid
COMP-000163	hexanal