Saffran Drink with Hydromel and Saffron Saffron, Indigenous to Southern Europe and the Middle East, is grown in the Mediterranean basin and in Italy, France and Spain. The flower consists of a pale purple perennial with a cylindrical tube approx. 10 cm and six oval oblong petals, an androceo of three stamens and a pistil of three synchronous carpels; at the base of the flower the long tube is divided into 3 long stigmas of red-orange color. Insights Based on the daily report of symptoms and on the Hamilton scale , the effectiveness of the saffron extract is estimated to alleviate the symptoms of Premenstrual Syndrome Antioxidant activity: The antioxidant effect of saffron stigmas was demonstrated in a clinical study4 that involved 30 subjects in three groups (10 healthy volunteers, 10 coronary patients and 10 healthy for the verification). The two groups under control received 50 mg of saffron stigmas in 100 ml of milk twice a day for 6 weeks, the third received only milk. The oxidation of lipoproteins in blood samples decreased by 42.3% in healthy volunteers (P