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For chronic supplementation, take 15 mg of saffron, twice a day. This is the advised upper limit for constant supplementation. Preliminary evidence suggests that doubling this dose may have a toxic effect after eight weeks of continuous usage. Acute, single doses of saffron, can be as high as 200 mg.
Saffron can be supplemented by taking water extracts of the stigma (the red part of the plant, used as a spice) or by using the dehydrated stigma itself. Some evidence suggests that the petals of saffron may also be effective.
Saffron can be taken twice a day in a supplement form, or at meals as a spice.
Doses above 1,200 mg may cause nasea and vomiting. *