Turmeric (curcuma domestica)

turmeric

          Historically turmeric comes from India, but it has spread throughout the world, especially in the tropics. In Indonesia as a whole can grow and produce well. clump plants have pseudo-stem leaf midrib composed of. Elongated oval shaped leaves, light green, terraced constituent leaves of each plant.

       Elliptic and the Rhizome branching. Turmeric grows well on good ground irrigation system, rainfall 2,000 mm to 4,000 mm per year and in a little sheltered. But to produce larger rhizomes needed a more open space.

       Young rhizomes and yellow skin and yellow flesh, after the old rhizomes to orange skin and flesh browning slightly yellow bright orange. Turmeric-containing materials such as oil adsiri, phelkandere, sabinene, cineol, zingeberence, turmeron, champene, camphor, sesquiterpene, caprilic acid, acid methoxinnamic, thelomethy carbinol, curcumene, and dyes that contain alkaloids curcumin. Curcumin is the yellow pigment contained by turmeric, has a broad spectrum of biological activities including antihepotoxic, antibacterial, and antioxidant.

Usefulness as kolagoga, stomakik, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, choleretic. Getting treatment:

Sores and ringworm

1 finger turmeric, 1 handful of leaves sour, a little water, then crushed, then put on the wound and changed every 3 hours.

Diarre

Turmeric 1/2 fingers, penetrance wind or cardamom 1/2 teaspoon coriander 3 seeds, pieces of wood ules 1 seeds, leaves Trawas 1 piece, combine all the ingredients and then crushed, add 115 ml of water and bring to a boil. After cooking is filtered and drunk in the morning and evening as much as 100 ml each time you drink.

Stomach ache
turmeric burned one finger, pulosari extract 1 finger, coriander 7 seeds, plants patikan china 1 handheld, 1 cup water, mix it all then crushed, add simmer until water is obtained 1 cup, strain and then drink. For infants aged 5-7 months, take 1 teaspoon / day, children aged 1-2 years, drink 2 times a day 3 tablespoons, adults drink 3 times a day 1/2 cup.

 Menstrual pain
1 finger turmeric, coriander 7 grains, cloves 1 egg, sour kawak, nutmeg, mix all the ingredients and then add the mashed 110 ml of water, and bring to a boil. Once cooked strain and drink 1 a day 100 ml.