Crocus sativus
HRB-0257Entry “SAFFRON” in the 1850 textIn Culpeper’s 1652 first edition
Old claims, quoted verbatim: not medical advice. A warning sits above the claims and never hides them; no warning does not mean safe, only that no source here has flagged the plant.
Historical correspondence. Ruled by Sun, by Culpeper. A traditional astrological assignment, kept apart from the modern evidence; it is not a finding.
It quickens the brain, for the Sun is exalted in Aries, as he hath his house in Leo.
It helps consumptions of the lungs, and difficulty of breathing.
It is a notable expulsive medicine, and a notable remedy for the yellow jaundice.
It is a notable expulsive medicine, and a notable remedy for the yellow jaundice.
It helps consumptions of the lungs, and difficulty of breathing.
It is excellent in epidemical diseases, as pestilence, small-pox, and measles.
It is excellent in epidemical diseases, as pestilence, small-pox, and measles.
Nicholas Culpeper, The Complete Herbal, a new edition (London: Thomas Kelly, 1850). Project Gutenberg eBook #49513. SRC-CUL-1850
Quotations are verbatim from the 1850 text, line breaks joined. Modern research and the European regulator’s verdict on each claim are on the Concordance page, kept apart from this historical record.