With pain from cystic organs, I curl up in zero gravity chair, available from warehouse stores for  about $59; Should you get increasing pain from your cystic organs, ask for plain darvon for pain relief. This will neither harm the liver or the kidneys. A doctors prescription is needed, so this is assuming you have already seen the doctor for this pain. Get rest. I use a moist heating pad called thermopore. Thermopore is really pricey but sometimes can be found at discounted at warehouse stores. Sip some hot water with fresh lemon juice (sweetened with tupelo honey or omit) and relax for a few hours in this position. If that does not relieve the pain, then try saffron tea. The recipe is above.


Where do you purchase saffron?

Vanilla Saffron Imports in San Francisco, California. This is a site that imports excellent saffron from Iran and it supplies most restaurants and their chefs with saffron. This is their site. One can purchase a half ounce for $38 or one ounce for $65. A half ounce lasts about 2-3 months. 1 ounce = 28.3495231 grams.
What does saffron do?
Saffron eases the pain from cystic organs. It helps to maintain the integrity of the walls of the blood vessels so they do not burst as easily. Saffron stimulates the body to lay down blood vessels around any blockage or bursting. Cysts will bleed if blood pressure is elevated; or if the kidneys or the liver is enlarged with numerous cysts; or if there is some trauma to cystic organs. Diminish episodes of bleeding into a cyst and the associated pain by keeping blood pressure well controlled 100/70 -110/70 - 120/80; by keeping cystic kidneys and cystic liver small (sometimes this is not possible); and by minimizing trauma. I would think if we could do one more thing, this too might help diminish bursting cysts and that is to maintain the blood vessel wall intact; to maintain the integrity of the blood vessel walls. This is another thing that saffron can help accomplish. Saffron helps to:
1.  Ease the pain from a cystic liver or cystic kidneys.

2.. Lowers blood pressure
3. Diminishes spontaneous bursting of tiny capillaries
4. Helps diminish bursting cysts
5. Stimulates the body to lay down new blood vessels
6. Protects the integrity of DNA
7. Helps a cystic liver by increasing the metabolism of estrogen through the liver
8. Aphrodisiac effect
Any medical articles on saffron's uses?
Saffron effects Uterus and estrus cycle 1964
Saffron both platelet aggregation inducer and inhibitor 1990
Saffron anti-tumor activity
Saffron lowers rat blood pressure. 2003
Curcurmin (saffron) coupled with garlic has an increased anti cancer activity 2004
Saffron  protect platelets from aggregation 2005
Crocetin (saffron) protects Parkinson's in rat model 2005
1. This study revealed that crocetin, which is an important ingredient of the diet in India and also used in various systems of indigenous medicine, is helpful in preventing Parkinsonism and has therapeutic potential in combating this devastating neurological disorder.
2.The intense orange color of saffron hints of its medicinal nature. It is particularly rich in carotenoids, which are antioxidants that protect the body from free radical damage. Anything that protects the integrity of DNA (as saffron does), this helps prevent the two hit phenomenon from continuing to propagate increasing cysts throughout our organs.
3.-Saffron is derived from the Arabic word za'faran meaning yellow.
-It has been used as an anti-depressant herb.
-Saffron extracts have been shown to significantly prolong-almost by three-fold-the life spans of mice undergoing experimental chemotherapy with the toxic anticancer drug, cisplatin.
-When saffron was combined with two other substances, the amino acid cysteine and the antioxidant vitamin E, it had a protective effect against the toxicity of cisplatin. Together, these three protective agents significantly reduced blood urea nitrogen, serum creatinine and blood glucose levels, as well as reduced many other harmful chemical changes in the body (el Daly, 1998).
4.-Same Indian authors reported that giving saffron by mouth to lab animals significantly slowed the growth of two different kinds of cancer
cells (DLA and S-180). The authors suggested that the increased levels of carotenes and Vitamin A may have accounted for this anticancer
effect.
5.-In 1999, Spanish scientists reported that crocin, one of the carotenoids isolated from saffron, increased the survival time and decreased the growth of colon cancer in female rats, without, however, having any significant effects on the tumors in male animals.
6.References for the above article: Abdullaev FI, Frenkel, G.D. Effect of saffron on cell colony formation and cellular nucleic acid and protein synthesis. BioFactors, 3(3): 201 204, 1992a.
7. Abdullaev FI, Frenkel G.D. The effect of saffron on intracellular DNA, RNA and protein synthesis in malignant and non-malignant human cells. BioFactors, 4(1): 43 45, 1992b.
8. Abdullaev, F. Cancer chemopreventive and tumoricidal properties of saffron (Crocus sativus L.). Exp Biology and Medicine, Vol. 227(1): 20 25, 2002.
9.. Abdullaev FI, Cabalerro-Ortega H, Riveron-Negrete L, Pereda-Miranda R, Rivera-Luna R, Hernandez JM, Perez-Lopez I, Espinosa-Aguirre JJ. Evaluacion in vitro del potencial quimiopreventivi del azafran. Revista de Investigacion Clinica, 54(5): 430-436, 2003.
10. Abdullaev FI, Riveron-Negrete L, Cabalerro-Ortega H, Hernandez JM, Perez-Lopez I, Pereda-Miranda R, Espinosa-Aguirre JJ. Use of in vitro assays to assess the antigenotoxic and cytotoxic effects of saffron (Crocus sativus L.) Toxicology In Vitro, 17: 731-736, 2003b.
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12. el Daly ES. Protective effect of cysteine and vitamin E, Crocus sativus and Nigella sativa extracts on cisplatin-induced toxicity in rats. Journal de Pharmacie de Belgique, 53(2): 93 95, 1998.
13. Escribano , Alonso GL, Coca-Prados M, and Fernandez JA. Crocin, safranal and picrocrocin from saffron (Crocus sativus L,) inhibit growth of human cancer cells in vitro. Cancer Letters, 100:23-30, 1996.
14. Garcia-Olmo DC, Riese HH, Escribano J, Ontañon J, Fernandez JA, Atienzar M, Garcia-Olmo D. Effects of long-term treatment of colon adenocarcinoma with crocin, a carotenoid from saffron (Crocus sativus L.): an experimental study in the rats. Nutrition and Cancer, 35(2): 120 126, 1999.
15. Martinez, Mercedes. Investigan el extracto de azafrán por su efecto anticarcinógeno. Diario Medico, November 10, 2003. Search: diariomedico.com.
16. Nair SC, Salomi MJ, Pannikar. B, Pannikar KR. Modulatory effects of the extracts of saffron and Nigela sativa against cisplatinum induced toxicity in mice. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 31:75 83, 1991(a).
17. Nair SC, Pannikar B, Pannikar KR. Antitumour activity of saffron (Crocus sativus). Cancer Letters, 57(2): 109 114, 1991(b).
18. Nair SC, Salomi MJ, Varghese CD, Pannikar B, Pannikar KR. Effect of saffron on thymocyte proliferation, intracellular gluthathione levels and its antitumor activity. BioFactors, 4(1): 51 54,1992.
19. Riverón-Negrete L, et al. The combination of natural and synthetic agents: a new pharmacological approach in cancer chemoprevention. Procedures of the Western Pharmacology Society, 45:74-75, 2002.
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Saffron Tea Ingredients

.-1/4 teaspoon of saffron threads

.-1 cup of water


Directions

Simmer on the stove top in a glass or stainless steel or ceramic pot (approximately 7 - 15 minutes) until it is reduced to a half cup of liquid. Strain, cool and sip it.