Saffron stigma extracts (often 28–30 mg) have surprisingly decent mood and PMS trials for a kitchen spice. It is still not an antidepressant prescription. Buy a standardized extract; grocery saffron threads are for rice.
Nootropics
Moderate evidence
Saffron Extract
Mood-leaning spice extract, standardized, not a paella pinch.
How to use
28–30 mg standardized extract with a meal, daily for several weeks.
Details
- Ingredients
- Crocus sativus extract
- Benefits
- Mood, Occasional PMS comfort
- Dosage
- 28–30 mg extract
- When to take
- With food
- Side effects
- Drowsiness, dry mouth. High culinary doses are a different (unsafe) conversation.
- Scientific evidence
- Multiple small RCTs vs placebo and some vs SSRIs on mood scales; products must be standardized.
- Form
- Capsule
Editorial rating ★ 4.0
One of the better evidence-to-hype ratios in herbal mood support.
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