When it comes to “turmeric”, I am afraid that not many people know it, but when it comes to “turmeric taste”, many friends may have tasted it many times without knowing it. If you have eaten curry, then yes, the yellow substance in curry is mainly turmeric. It is a complex and rich woody aroma, with faint floral, citrus and ginger aromas. It tastes a bit bitter, moderately spicy, and warm with musky aroma, full of mysterious and rich oriental flavor.
Turmeric, a ginger plant rich in southern my country, is also a medicinal and edible medicinal material. Traditional medicine believes that it has the functions of regulating menstruation and relieving pain, promoting blood circulation and promoting qi, dispelling cold and reducing inflammation. The main chemical component of modern research is curcumin. The World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) also list turmeric and curcumin as food additives.
Turmeric has been used as an important medicine for promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis since the Tang Dynasty, and it has been recorded in all subsequent dynasties of Materia Medica. In the Compendium of Materia Medica by Li Shizhen, there is also a peculiar name-Baodingxiang. The ancient tripod was not only a pot furnace for Taoists to refine alchemy and boil medicine, but also a censer for sounding piano and incense. It was also a symbol of political power, so it was called Baoding. Use Baodingxiang to compare turmeric with special aroma, outstanding efficacy, noble and elegant.
Turmeric is not only widely used in our country, but also “expensive” in neighboring countries.
Turmeric is widely used as a seasoning and food coloring in India, and is known as the “Queen of the Kitchen” and the “Spice of Life” in the Himalayas. Its medicinal history can be traced back five thousand years ago. It is an important herbal medicine in Indian yoga and traditional health therapy Ayurveda. Curcumin is also regarded as a natural anti-inflammatory agent in India. It is used for arthritis, rheumatism, muscle aches, etc. caused by inflammation. It is called “India’s solid gold”.
Turmeric is also one of the favorite health foods in Japan. Okinawa, Japan is the hometown of longevity in the world. The consumption of turmeric is considered to be one of the main reasons for the longevity of Okinawa people. Turmeric produced in Okinawa is even regarded as the “Royal Product of the Ryukyu Dynasty”.
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Modern studies have confirmed that curcumin, the main component of turmeric, has the effects of anti-oxidation, anti-tumor, lowering blood lipid, lowering blood sugar, anti-ulcer, protecting liver, anti-myocardial ischemia, anti-depression, anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, anti-viral and anti-fungal, etc. , Can be used to treat cancer, diabetes, coronary heart disease, arthritis, Alzheimer’s disease (Alzheimer’s disease) and other chronic diseases.
(1) The role of turmeric
- Choleretic effect.
Turmeric decoction and infusion can increase bile secretion in dogs, restore bile components to normal, and increase gallbladder contraction. Its effect is weak and long-lasting, which can last for 1-2 hours. Curcumin or its sodium salt has anti-cholesterol effects. When injected intravenously in dogs, it can reduce the content of solid components and increase the secretion of bile, but from the total absolute value, the secretion of bile salts, bilirubin, and cholesterol all increase. The fatty acid composition remains constant. The volatile oil proposed in another plant of the same genus increases bile secretion, and the pigment causes gallbladder contraction. Curcumen is a cholesterol solvent and can be used to treat biliary stones. 50% turmeric decoction can promote appetite.
- Antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and analgesic.
Curcumin and volatile oil have good antibacterial effects on Staphylococcus aureus. Turmeric water infusion can inhibit various skin fungi to varying degrees in the test tube. The decoction can prolong the survival time of mice inoculated with the virus, but it is not effective for adding chemical (carbon tetrachloride) liver damage to the tomb of viral hepatitis. In addition, turmeric preparations can kill flies. Its volatile oil and curcumin have significant anti-inflammatory effects on acute and subacute foot swelling inflammation in rats and mice. Its decoction has analgesic effect.
- Lowering lipid, lowering blood pressure and anticoagulation.
Turmeric alcohol extract, turmeric volatile oil and curcumin all have significant effects on lowering serum cholesterol, triglycerides, and β-lipoprotein.
Turmeric alcohol extract has the effect of lowering blood pressure on anesthetized dogs. Curcumin has the effect of increasing myocardial nutritional blood flow.
Its volatile oil and curcumin can inhibit platelet aggregation. Curcumin can enhance fiber activity and has a strong anticoagulant effect.
- Contraction of the uterus and termination of pregnancy.
The decoction has an excitatory effect on the isolated uterus of mice and guinea pigs, and has a contraction effect on the uterus of rabbits.
The intraperitoneal injection of its decoction has a significant effect on termination of pregnancy in all stages of pregnancy and early pregnancy in mice.
- Anti-tumor effect.
Using mouse Dalton’s lymphoid ascites tumor cells for tissue culture and in vivo experiments, turmeric alcohol extract can inhibit the growth of cancer cells. At 0.4mg/ml, it can inhibit the growth of Chinese hamster ovary cells, has a cytotoxic effect on lymphocytes and Dalton’s lymphocytes, and can reduce the growth of animal tumors. Its active ingredient is mainly curcumin.
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- Light effect.
Curcumin has a weak bactericidal ability under normal circumstances, but when exposed to light, the microgram amount of curcumin shows a strong phototoxic reaction. Gram-negative bacteria are more resistant to curcumin phototoxicity than Gram-positive bacteria. The phototoxicity of curcumin can only be produced under aerobic conditions. Therefore, curcumin may be used as a photosensitizer for phototherapy of psoriasis, cancer, bacteria and viral diseases. Curcumin can also stabilize the photodegradable drugs. For example, the photostabilization effect of nifedipine is particularly strong, which can extend its half-life by 6 times and enhance its curative effect.
- Used for rheumatic arm pain.
This product is pungent, mild and bitter, can disperse wind, cold and dampness externally, promote qi and blood internally, relieve menstruation and relieve pain. Especially long at walking limbs and arms to relieve arthralgia. It is often used together with products such as Qianghuo, Fangfeng, and Angelica for dispelling rheumatism and promoting blood circulation.
- Others.
Curcumin still has strong anti-oxidant, anti-mutation, anti-tumor and anti-microbial effects.
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