How to store saffron

April 13, 2023
Saffron, also known as saffron, saffron, just like its name, this Chinese medicine is mainly widely planted in China's Tibetan region, is one of the famous Tibetan medicine, saffron is also a dual-use Chinese medicine, flowers of Chinese medicine are facing a serious problem is the preservation problem, so how to preserve saffron?

Preservation against moisture

Saffron and other flower herbs are afraid of moisture, and the stigma of saffron is susceptible to moisture and mildew, so moisture preservation is the key to preserving saffron. Saffron can absorb moisture in the air directly, and after the mildew, saffron can seriously affect its efficacy and shelf life.

Keep away from light

Many herbs in the process of preservation if damp or wet after sunlight after the loss of its efficacy is relatively small, but not saffron, saffron contains volatile oil components, after sunlight will drive volatile have volatile, seriously affect the efficacy of saffron.

Cold storage

Life in low temperature preservation is one of the most common methods of preserving food and drugs, saffron is also the same, after sealing can be refrigerated preservation, as long as to avoid its low-temperature environment moisture, low temperature can extend the shelf life of saffron, but also to make its medicinal effects can be preserved more completely.

How long is the shelf life of saffron

Saffron under normal circumstances can be preserved for 2 to 5 years, that is, the usual low temperature, avoiding light, moisture preservation to ensure that 2 to 5 years of little change in efficacy, under vacuum preservation for the longest time, can be preserved for more than 10 years.

Cautions for preserving saffron

Saffron is not as good as the efficacy of preserved peel, saffron fresh efficacy of the most complete, put a long time the efficacy of the components will have more loss. 2. saffron in the process of preservation need to check the preservation from time to time to avoid thought moisture, affecting the quality of saffron. 3. saffron consumption should not be excessive, a few at a time can be, consuming too much may have symptoms of bleeding.
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