Saffron

Saffron with the power of contraction and healing has a great property in strengthening the essence of the soul and its cheerfulness, because it creates expansion and sobriety in the soul and the intense aroma and nature of saffron help this property. Saffron is a perennial plant of the Iris genus, with an underground stem that emerges from two onions, and its bulbs are hard, round, fleshy, and covered with thin, brown membranes. The part used by this plant is the end area of its stigma, which is called saffron. The smell of saffron is strong and fragrant and its taste is bitter and a little spicy.