Saffron and Improved Cervical Ripening

• Saffron and Pregnancy: Cultural Practices, Beliefs, and Safety Evidence: An Integrative Review.

  • 2026-05
  • Systematic Review
  • Journal of evidence-based integrative medicine 31
  • • Aisha Alshdefat
    • Ahmad Ayed
    • Ibrahim Aqtam
    • Olabisi Ibitoye
    • Sophia Vincent
    • Atiya Al Furqani

  • PubMed: 42186868
  • DOI: 10.1177/2515690x261455162

  5 Insights on

  • Improved Cervical Ripening

  • High evidence
  • Pregnant Women

  low-dose saffron (approximately 250 milligrams daily) may facilitate cervical ripening

  Effect

  Beneficial

  Effect size

  Moderate

  Significant

  No

  Dose

  approximately 250 milligrams daily