Steinmetz:Crocus

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Crocus sativus

Also known as (or relevant to)
Family
Iridaceae
English Names
  • Saffron
Natural Habitat
  • Much cultivated in Spain
  • Greece
  • Southern Europe
  • Southern Russia
  • Western Asia
  • Asia Minor
  • Persia
  • Iran
  • Syria
  • China
Part(s) Used
  • Flores Croci
  • Stignata Croci
Constituent(s)
  • volatile oil (safranol)
  • fixed oil
  • crocin (crocetin)
  • proteids
  • polychroit (colouring matter)
  • picrocrocin
  • (bitter principle)
  • wax
  • mucilage
  • sugar
  • acids
Action
  • nervine
  • heart-tonic
  • carminative
  • sudorific
  • aphrodisiac
  • emmenagogue
  • antispasmodic
  • colouring agent
  • antiseptic
  • aromatic
  • stimulant
  • sedative
  • anodyne
  • resolutive; in large doses it is a narcotic poison

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