New Iranian research suggests that saffron affects the way our brains produce serotonin and can significantly ease the symptoms of pre-menstrual syndrome. Iran produces 81 per cent of the world’s saffron, and saffron prices range from $40 to $65 per ounce — at that price, Iran stands to make a mint by moving the spice beyond the world’s dinner plates and into its medicine cabinets.
From the Times of India:
M Agha-Hosseini and colleagues at Tehran University of Medical Sciences randomly assigned 50 women to take either saffron capsules or a placebo twice a day over two menstrual cycles. The women, had all had PMS symptoms for at least six months.
At the end of the treatment period, three-quarters of the women on saffron capsules reported at least a 50% reduction in PMS symptoms.
That compared with only 8% of women in the placebo group, the researchers report in the medical journal
BJOG. In addition, the researchers found, 60% of the saffron group showed a 50% improvement in depression symptoms.
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