en Evidence Based Herbal Medicine and Mental Health فارماكوگنوزی و فارماسيوتيكس Pharmacognosy & Pharmaceutics مروری Review <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span new="" roman="" times="">Many cultures have developed folk herbal remedies for various symptoms of mental illness. An evidence base now is being developed for some of these &ldquo;alternative&rdquo; herbal remedies. </span><span new="" roman="" times="">There has been an increase in the number and proportion of clinical trials of c</span><span new="" roman="" times="">omplementary medicine</span><span new="" roman="" times="">, which suggests a trend toward an evidence-based approach. This review presents the scientific information regarding herbal medicine with evidence based approaches for saffron.</span></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"><span new="" roman="" style="line-height: 120% font-family: " times="">Many cultures have developed folk herbal remedies for various symptoms of mental illness. An evidence base now is being developed for some of these &ldquo;alternative&rdquo; herbal remedies. </span><span new="" roman="" style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32) line-height: 120% font-family: " times="">There has been an increase in the number and proportion of clinical trials of c</span><span new="" roman="" style="line-height: 120% font-family: " times="">omplementary medicine</span><span new="" roman="" style="line-height: 120% font-family: " times="">, which suggests a trend toward an evidence-based approach. This review presents the scientific information regarding herbal medicine with evidence based approaches for saffron.</span></div> ,Crocus sativus, Evidence Based Herbal Medicine, Mental health Crocus sativus, Evidence Based Herbal Medicine, Mental health 1 8 http://jmp.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-34-5&slc_lang=en&sid=1 R Hajiaghaee R Hajiaghaee 100319475328460042222 100319475328460042222 No Pharmacognosy & Pharmaceutics Department of Medicinal Plants Research Center, Institute of Medicinal Plants, ACECR, Karaj, Iran Pharmacognosy & Pharmaceutics Department of Medicinal Plants Research Center, Institute of Medicinal Plants, ACECR, Karaj, Iran S Akhondzadeh S Akhondzadeh s.akhond@neda.net 100319475328460042223 100319475328460042223 Yes Roozbeh Hospital Roozbeh Hospital