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Saffron - Anti depressant

Posted by dessbee on December 11, 2006, at 7:12:35

Found some article about saffron as an anti-depressant

The participants were given either 30 mg of dried extract of saffron standardized to contain about 0.7 mg of safranal or 20 mg of fluoxetine per day. Depressive symptoms were rated using the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression before the study and at one, two, four, and six weeks.

At the end of the study, both the saffron and fluoxetine treatments resulted in significant improvements in depressive symptoms, with no difference in the amount of improvement between the two groups. The frequency of side effects was similar in the two groups; however, there were no reports of sexual dysfunction, tremor, or sweating in the saffron group.

http://www.thehealthierlife.co.uk/article/3314/depression-saffron.html

http://www.youngagain.com/noname128.html


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