Saffron for uterine fibroids

As the name suggests, uterine fibroids refer to tumors that appear in a woman's uterus. If the uterine fibroids are severe, they need to be removed surgically. The biggest feature of saffron is that it can promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis. It is a very common medicinal material. Pregnant women cannot use saffron. There is a view that saffron can also soften uterine fibroids and eventually eliminate them. So, is saffron useful for uterine fibroids?

In fact, from the medicinal point of view, saffron can be drunk. Saffron is a precious medicinal material that can transform blood and resolve blood stasis, and relieve stasis and unblock knots. In gynecology, it is mainly used to treat symptoms such as irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, and abdominal mass pain. Uterine tumors are masses, so drinking saffron can help regulate uterine fibroids. However, saffron is not suitable for all patients with uterine fibroids, and it also has some contraindications.

It is not recommended to take saffron during menstruation/heavy menstruation.

Can patients with uterine fibroids take saffron during menstruation? Many female patients don’t understand. In fact, doctors do not recommend drinking saffron during menstruation, because saffron itself has the function of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis. If you take saffron during menstruation, it is easy to cause adverse symptoms such as excessive menstrual bleeding, and even hemorrhage in severe cases, which is hard to guard against. Therefore, it is not recommended for women to take saffron during menstruation, and patients with uterine fibroids should not take it without authorization.

Saffron is contraindicated for patients with uterine fibroids after pregnancy.

I believe everyone has also watched various palace fighting dramas. There are often plots such as taking the wrong medicine, being framed for eating saffron, smelling musk, etc., and then the heroine accidentally has a miscarriage, and then all kinds of quarrels occur. The "abortion medicine" brought by the palace maids in palace dramas also contains saffron. The claim that saffron can cause miscarriage actually has some scientific basis. Also because saffron has the effect of promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis, excessive consumption by pregnant women may cause miscarriage, which increases the risk of miscarriage to a certain extent. Therefore, pregnant patients with uterine fibroids should never take saffron privately.