Latin name: curcuma longa
Haridra : [tumeric]
Family : Zingiberaceae

Rhizome of curcuma longa is first boiled, rubed to clean up upper covering, then dried for of product used as tumeric. It colours and flavour the articles. It is warm, rough, bitter in taste and acrid. Sprinkling of powder on wound can prevent secondary infection, analgesic of scorpion bite [fumes]

Medicinal action:
Expectorant, lacmatinic, opthalmmic tonic, antibiotic, antimicrobic, anti inflammatory, strength the bllod-brain barrier against metasis of breast cancer, cicatrisation &cleans wound, allergic condition.

Indication:
Pancreatic cancer, multiple myeloma, urticaria, anemia, haemorrhage, obesity, itching, pain of sinus, cough, asthma, Alzimeirer’s, colorectal cancer, skin disorders [psoriasis], leprosy, STD [clamydia & gonorrhea] allergic condition, discolouration of skin, anorexia, hemorrhides, dyspepsia, haemoptysis, fever, giddiness, dropsy, hysteria, epilepsy, chronic otorrhoea, ring worm, amenorrhea, conjunctivitis, jaundice, general diability.

Contraindication:
Large doses does not recommended in obstructive jaundice, gall stones, toxic liver diseases, acute billion colic.