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It is said ‘a celebration is incomplete without a chief guest’ similarly a rich delicacy is incomplete without saffron popularly known as kesar in Hindi. Saffron is usually associated to richness and purity and is a well known beneficial product found in Kashmir, India. The Kashmiri mongro or lacha saffron is most difficult for consumers to obtain. Kashmiri saffron is recognizable by its extremely dark maroon-purple hue which is among the darkest in the world, and suggests the saffron's strong flavor, aroma, and colour effect. The history of saffron reaches back from 3000 years back.

The botanical name for saffron is Crocus Sativus. Saffron’s coloring power is mainly produced by Crocin which is a soluble agent in water, because of which saffron is widely used as a colorant in food and medicine.

Off lately many medicinal benefits of Saffron extract have been found by experts. Saffron can be used for many medicinal purposes like gastro genial ailments, cancer suppressing, anti-mutagenic. It is also known a boon for the brain as well as entire nervous system. The oil of saffron called kumkumaadi tail is used for many fairness agents. Saffron since many years has been used to enhance the beauty by smoothening dry skin and giving it a natural glow when taken in an appropriate manner.

Saffron is also said to be helpful to treat asthma, whooping cough (pertussis). It is also be effective for treating sleep problems (insomnia), cancer, hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis), intestinal gas, Alzheimer’s disease, fright, shock, spitting up blood, pain, and dry skin.

Saffron is also known to be an aphrodisiac which means saffron increases a person’s interest in sex and induces sweating. Men can use saffron to prevent premature ejaculation, i.e., early orgasm and is even helpful to treat infertility among men.

Saffron is also effective in treating PMS symptoms amongst women. Studies reveal that when consumed daily for two menstrual cycles, saffron can help ease PMS symptoms amongst women.

However, another discovery of the benefits of would be that is known to help one lose weight. Saffron, when consumed on a regular basis helps one to achieve satiety, the state where one feels fuller even after consuming less of his regular diet. This is because intake of saffron increases the ‘happy hormone’ found in the human brain called serotonin which changes a person’s emotional state for good. So a person whose saffron intake is regular would not go in for emotional eating the act of gorging on food when sad or depressed.

Since saffron affects a person’s mood, it helps curb the depressed state of mind in a person. So for patients who are depressed it can help them to stabilize their mind.

There are some side-effects related to over-consumption of too, like dry mouth, dizziness, vomiting, bleeding, diarrhea, etc. But still it can be said that saffron is one of the biggest multi-remedy that has been found.