What is turmeric?

Turmeric is a type of plant that is often used as a spice in foods such as curry or mixed to a color in foods such as cheese, butter or mustard.

In the medical, turmeric can be used to treat digestive symptoms, stomach ulcers, liver, joint pain, arthrosis, treatment of various wounds and skin.

Turmeric contains important substances have medicinal properties, is a yellow-orange substances named "Curcumin" which reduces inflammation, antioxidant and resistance to blood clotting. It can be used to treat digestive symptoms, stomach ulcers, liver, joint pain, arthrosis, treatment of various wounds and skin.

 

Turmeric and various diseases.

• Bloating, gas, stomach diseases: turmeric, stimulating bile secretion and thus helps better digestion. Reducing the gases in the stomach and relieve stomach tight stopper.

• Osteoarthritis: Eating turmeric can reduce knee pain in osteoarthritis as well as painkillers and inflammation.

• Cancer: some research found that may help prevent or treat certain kinds of cancer in vitro or animal like prostate cancer, breast cancer, melanoma, colon cancer. However, they also want more education and cancer should be treated with standard way physicians first. If you want to eat the turmeric in parallel should consult a physician before treating it.

• Viral or bacterial infectious diseases: research has found that turmeric can kill the virus or bacteria in vitro.

• Cardiovascular disease, Alzheimer's or Parkinson's: because turmeric has anti-inflammatory antioxidant, abrasive resistance and coagulation of the blood platelets may help prevent or slow the disease.