Health Benefits Of Saffron
Saffron is mostly known for its inclusion in food items. But it has very significant nutrients and chemical compounds which are beneficial in providing medicinal benefits. Let us look at a few of the saffron uses below:
1. Disease Prevention
One of the main saffron benefits, when used in cooking food, is that it contains many plant-derived chemical components which are known to prevent diseases. They are also known to promote the overall well-being of the body.Saffron, often called as ‘Kesar’ in Hindi, is a popular spice and an expensive one too. Its taste makes it great for usage in food, as refreshment and even for making beverages. Saffron’s unique colour, flavor, and other properties give it culinary and medicinal characteristics that make it renowned all over the world.
It belongs to the Iridaceae family and is a native of the South Europe regions. These regions originally cultivated and used saffron on a daily basis. The other regional names of saffron include ‘Kumkum Puvvu‘ in Telugu, ‘Kumkuma poo‘ in Tamil, ‘Kunkumapoov‘ in Malayalam, ‘Kesari‘ in Kannada, ‘Kesar‘ in Punjabi, ‘Keshar‘ in Marathi, and ‘Jaffran‘ in Bengali.