Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1800
Parkinson, Theatrum Botanicum, 1640
Whole Turmeric Root (Adam, 2016)
LONG AND ROUND TURMERIC
Notes on Pharmacognosy, Otto Augustus Wall, 1902 |
Long and Round Turmeric, Chengdu Medicine Market
(Adam, 2017) |
Botanical name:
Curcuma longa (syn. C. domestica, C. rotunda, C. xanthorrhiza, Amomum curcuma)
Long and Round types were traditionally used.
Parts used:
Root (long and round)
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter
cleansing, attenuating, opening, digesting, discussing
Classifications:
2A APERIENT MEDICINES 2F. PURIFYING
3G. EMMENAGOGUE
Curcuma longa (syn. C. domestica, C. rotunda, C. xanthorrhiza, Amomum curcuma)
Long and Round types were traditionally used.
Parts used:
Root (long and round)
Temperature & Taste:
Warm, dry. Pungent, Bitter
cleansing, attenuating, opening, digesting, discussing
Classifications:
2A APERIENT MEDICINES 2F. PURIFYING
3G. EMMENAGOGUE
Uses:
1. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis, Eases Pain:
-Blood stagnation: Chest, Abdominal or Joint pain
2. Moves the Blood, Promotes Menstruation:
-Dysmenorrhea
3. Moves Qi, Opens Obstructions:
-obstructions of the Gall Bladder
4. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:
-retention of Urine
5. Clears Cold Phlegm, Stops Cough:
-Chronic Cough, Bronchitis
6. Clears Wind, Resists Poison:
-Colds, Sore Throat
7. Used as a Contraceptive:
8. Externally:
-externally with Alum is excellent for Sprains, Bruises, Wounds, Black Eyes etc; in India a paste of Turmeric with Lime and Salt, or a paste with Myrrh and Egg White is applied
Dose:
Powder: 1–3 grams
Substitutes:
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Correctives:
... available in PRO version
Powder: 1–3 grams
Substitutes:
... available in PRO version
Correctives:
... available in PRO version
Main Combinations:
Barberry & Turmeric
Turmeric is often combined with Neem in Ayurveda
Liver:
1. Jaundice:
i. Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
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iii. Turmeric (½ oz.), ... available in PRO version
iv Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
v. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
vi. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
2. Hepatitis:
i. Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
ii. Damp-heat with deficiency, Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
iii. Damp-Heat, Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
Inflammation, Arthritis:
3. Inflammation (Heat with Blood stagnation):
i. Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
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iii. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
iv. Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
v. from Damp-Heat (Phlegm-Bile), Turmeric and ... available in PRO version
4. Arthritis:
i. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
ii. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
iii. Tumeric, ... available in PRO version
iv. Tumeric, ... available in PRO version
v. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
5. Psoriatic Arthritis, Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
6. Gout from Phlegm, Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
Blood Stagnation, Circulation:
7. Blood stagnation, Bruising, fixed or chronic Pain:
i. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
ii. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
iii. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
iv. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
8. Chest pain, Angina, Atherosclerosis:
i. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
ii. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
iii. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
9. High Cholesterol:
i. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
ii. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
Gynecology:
10. Promotes Menstruation:
i. Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
ii. Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
iii. Turmeric powder (½ dram), ... available in PRO version
iv. Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
v. Blood stagnation with pain and clots, Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
11. Cervical Dysplasia, Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
Clear Heat:
12. Acute Sore Throat, Cold, Flu, Fever, Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
13. Pharyngitis, Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
14. Dermatitis, Urticaria, Itching:
i. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
ii. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
iii. from Wind-Phlegm, Neem, Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
iv. Inflammatory skin conditions, Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
v. Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
15. Acne, Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
Other:
16. Diabetes:
i. Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
ii. Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
iii. Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
iv. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
v. Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
vi. Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
vii. Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
17. Memory loss, poor concentration, speech disorders, Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
Externally:
18. Topically for skin inflammation or infection:
i. Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
ii. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
19. Hemorrhoids, Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
20. Eye disorders:
i. Turmeric with ... available in PRO version
ii. Turmeric, ... available in PRO version
Major Formula
Turmeric Decoction 4 (Yung ba 4) (Tibetan Medicine)
Emblic 6 (Kyu ru duk pa) (Tibetan Medicine)
Cautions:
1. Not used during Pregnancy (note that it has been used for Bleeding during Pregnancy)
2. High doses aggravate Heat types (Pitta-Bile constitutions)
Drug Interactions:
May potentiate anticoagulant and anti-platelet medication.
Main Preparations used:
1. Not used during Pregnancy (note that it has been used for Bleeding during Pregnancy)
2. High doses aggravate Heat types (Pitta-Bile constitutions)
Drug Interactions:
May potentiate anticoagulant and anti-platelet medication.
Main Preparations used:
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Dioscorides mentions an Indian plant as a kind of Cyperus resembling ginger, but having when chewed a yellow colour and bitter taste: probably turmeric was intended. Garcia de Orta (1563), as well as Fragoso (1572), describe turmeric as Crocus indicus. A list of drugs sold in the city of Frankfort about the year 1450, names Curcuma along with zedoary and ginger.
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In its native countries, it has from remote times been highly esteemed both as a condiment and a dye-stuff; in Europe, it has always been less appreciated than the allied spices of the ginger tribe. In an inventory of the effects of a Yorkshire tradesman, dated 20th Sept., 1578, we find enumerated—"x. ouncis of turmeracke, x d." (Pharmacographia, Fluckiger & Hanbury, 1879)
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