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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.

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