Plant |
Family | Zingiberaceae |
English |
Turmeric, Common, Common turmeric, Curcuma, Curcumin, French saffron, Haldi, Indian-saffron, Long turmeric, Olena, Yellow ginger |
Latin |
Curcuma longa Linne, Curcuma domestica Valeton, Curcuma longa L/C., Curcuma domestica |
Plantparts | ** Together with another plant, creeping rootstalks, foliage, Fruit, Fruits, Rhizome, Root, Tuberoid, Underground stem, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
Abdominal trouble, Aids digestion, angina, Antianginal, Antiarthritic, Anti-asthmatic, Anti-Bronchitic, Anti-diarrheic, Antidiarrhetic, Anti-diarrhoeal, Antidiarrhoeic, Anti-eczemic, Anti-edemic, Anti-flu, Anti-gout, Anti-hepatitic, Anti-hepatotoxic, antiinfective, Antiinflammatory, antiinflammatory agent, antiinflammatory agent in liver diseases, Antimicrobial, anti-microbial action, Antimicrobial Agent, Antiobesity, Anti-obesity medication, Anti-Oxidant, Anti-scorbutic, Anti-spasmodic, aperient, arthritis, Arthrosis, Assist healing of wounds, Asthenia, Asthma, Atony, bad digestion, benificial effect on the digestion, Blood Circulation, Blood circulation problems, blood cleanser, blood cleansing, Blood clot, Blood Clots, Blood in the urine, Blood in urine, Blood purifier, Blood System Disorders, Bronchial catarrh, bronchitis, Bronquite, Bruise, Bruises, cardiac pain, catharic, Cathartic, chicken pox, cholagogic, Cholagogue, Cholelithiasis, Choleliths, Choleretic, cholesterol, cholesterol in blood vessels, Cholesterol Reducer, Cholesterol reduction, Cleanses the blood, Communicable disease, complaints of the stomach, constipation, Contusion, contusions, convulsive state, corpulence, Costive, Costiveness, Cough, Coughing, Coughs, Cramp, Cramps, Cutaneous Eruptions, debility, deficient blood circulation, depurant, Depurative, diaorrhea, diarrhea, diarrhoea, Digestive, Digestive stimulant, digestive trouble, Digestive weakness, disease of the stomach, dispepsia, disproval, diuretic, Dropsy, Dyschezia, Dyslipidemia, dyspepsia, Dyssynergic defaecation, earache, Ear pain, Ear pains, Eczema, edema, embolism, embolus, epistaxis, eruption, Eupeptic, excema, Excitability, excitement, Expellant of bile, Fatness, Flu, fluid accumulation, Gallstone, Gallstones, Gastropathy, General health, General infection, General inflammation, General inflammations, Good for digestion, Gout, Gripe, Grippe, Gum diseases, haematemesis, haematemesis a lung disorder, Haematuria, healing, healing cuts, Healing wounds, heal wounds, Heartache, hematemesis, Hematuria, Hepatitis, Hepatoprotective, High cholesterol, High levels of cholesterol in the blood, Hydropsy, Hypercholesterolemia, Hypoglycemia, Hypoglycemic, Icterus, improves digestion, increase the bile secretion, indigestion, Infected sore throats, Infection, infection in general, Infections, infections in general, Infectious disease, Infectious diseases, Inflammation, inflammation in general, inflammation of the liver, inflammation of the lungs, Inflammation of the throat, inflammations, Inflammations in general, Inflammed joints, Influenza, injuries, injury, Jaundice, Joint inflammation, Joint inflammations, lassitude, Laxative, liver inflammation, Liver protectant, lower cholesterol levels in the blood, Lung inflammation, measles, Morbilli, movements of the bowel, musculoskeletal, muskuloskeletal, Nasal bleeding, nosebleed, Nosebleeding, nose-bleeds, obesity, oedema, Otalgia, otalgic, pain in ear, pains in heart, Pick-me-up, Pneumonia, pneumonitis, poor blood circulation, Poor digestion, Promotes digestion, promotes healing of wounds, prostate, Prostatitis, Psychostimulants, Purgative, purify blood, purify the blood, quinsy, Rash, Rashes, Red measles, reduce blood cholesterol, reduce blood fat level, relax spasms, Rheumatic arthralgia, Rheumatism, Rubeola, scorbutus, scurvy, skin eruption, Skin Eruptions, skin rashes, Slimming, small pox, sore throat, spasm, Spasmolytic, Sprain, Sprains, Stimulant, Stimulants, stimulates digestion, Stimulates the flow of bile, Stimulates the gallbladder, stimulating, Stomach aliment, stomach complaints, Stomach disease, stomach disorders, stomach problems, Stomach trouble, Stone in the gallbladder, the flue, thirst, Throat affections, throat complaints, Throat Conditions, throat infection, throat infections, throat inflammation, Throat pain, Throat problems, throat trouble, thrombosis, to cleanse the blood, To lose weight, Tonsillitis, Torn ligament, Transmissible disease, Used as a stimulant, Used in the treatment of cough, Varíola, violent haemorrhage, Vulnerary, Warming digestive, weakening, Weakness, Weight loss, Wound healing, Wound repair, Wounds healing |
Cancer |
Anti-cancer, Anticancer (Bladder), Anticancer (Liver), Anticancer (Prostate), Anti-Cancer (Skin), Anti-carciogenic, Anti-cariogenic, Bladder cancer, Cancer, cancer of the bladder, Carcinoma of the prostate, Hepatic cancer, Liver Cancer, Malignant neoplasm, Malignant tumor, Prostate cancer, Prostrate cancer, Skin cancer |
Women's diseases |
Absence of a menstrual period, All women's diseases, Amenorrhea, Amenorrhoea, Amenorrhœa, Dysmennorhoea, Dysmenorrhea, Dysmenorrhoea, Emmenagogue, encourages menstruation, feminine disorders, Gynaecological, Gyneacological, Gyneacologycal, Gyneacoloical, Menstrual cramp, Menstrual cramps, Menstrual pain, Pain during menstruation, Painful periods, Period pain, promote the onset of menstruation, stimulates menstruation |
TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine |
TCM MERIDIAN: Liver, TCM MERIDIAN: Spleen, Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical used by Ribeirinhos in the North Araguaia microregion, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Phytomedical used by Tashelhit speaking community in the High Atlas, Morocco, Phytomedical used in French Guiana, Phytomedical used in Northeastern Brazil, Phytomedical used in West Bank, Palestine, Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in China, Phytomedical use in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana), Phytomedical use in Vietnam, Used in Bangladesh |
Ingredients |
| | a-Curcumene, albumin, alkaloid, Alpha-Pinene, Alpha-Terpineol, Aniline, Arabinose, Ar-Turmerone, ascorbic acid, ash, azulene, Benzaldehyde, Benzyl alcohol, Beta-Bisabolene, Beta-Pinene, Beta-Sesquiphellandrene, Beta-Sitosterol, Bitter Components, borneol, Boron, caffeic acid, Calcium, Campesterol, Camphene, camphor, Caprylic acid, Carbohydrates, Carene, carvone, Caryophyllene, Cholesterol, Chromium, Cinnamic acid, cobalt, Copper, Curcumene, Curcumin, D-Camphene, D-Camphor, Diarylheptanoid, Diferuloyl-Methane, essential oil, Ethanol, Ethylbenzene, eucalyptol, eugenol, fat, fat oil, fatty acid, Fibres, formic acid, fructose, glucose, Guaiacol, Heptanol, iron, Isoborneol, Lauric acid, limonene, Linalol, linalool, magnesium, manganese, Naphthalene, Niacin, Nickel, N-Undecane, O-Coumaric acid, P-Coumaric acid, P-Cymene, phellandrene, phosphorus, Phytosterol, P-Methoxy-Cinnamic-Acid, potassium, protein, Protocatechuic acid, resin, salicylate, saponin, Saturated fatty acids, Selenium, silicon, sodium, starch, Stigmasterol, sugar, sugars, terpinene, terpineol, Terpinolene, Tridecane, unsaturated fatty acids, Vanillic acid, Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin C, water, zinc, Zingiberene, Α-Phellandrene, Α-Terpinene, Β-Carotene, Γ-Terpinene |
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