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| Chinese Name |
Yujin |
| Latin |
Radix Curcumae |
| English Name |
Turmeric Root Tuber |
| Key Characteristics |
Herb that actives blood to kill pain |
| Source |
Dried root tuber of Curcuma wenyujin Y. H. Chen et C. Ling, Curcuma longa L. , Curcuma kwangsiensis S. G. Lee et C. F. Liang, or Curcuma phaeocaulis Val. (Fam. Zingiberaceae).
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| Property, Flavor and Meridians Entered |
Acrid, bitter, cold; Liver, Heart, Lung |
| Actions |
To promote the flow of qi, eliminate blood stagnation, clear the heart, move qi, and promote bile flow to relieve jaundice |
| Indications |
Amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, distending or stabbing pain in the chest and abdomen, clouding of consciousness in febrile diseases, epilepsy, mania, jaundice with dark urine, in addition, used for schizophrenia, hyperlipemia, infections, jaundice, cholecystitis and cholelithiasis
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| Precaution |
Avoid to use it together with Flos Caryophylli |
| Chemical Composition |
It contains volatile oil, curcumine, turmerone, etc. |
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