Turmeric is a wild herbaceous plant, and its plants are harvested in summer and autumn. It can be used fresh or cut and dried. Turmeric has a high medicinal value, but since the whole plant is toxic, it must be used with extra caution.
【The Efficacy and Function of Turmeric】
Turmeric is believed to have the effects of promoting blood circulation, dispelling wind, reducing swelling, and relieving pain. It is mainly used to treat injuries, rheumatism, stomach pain, toothache, dysmenorrhea, acute mastitis, and carbuncle pain.
1. "Wenshan Chinese Herbal Medicine": It dispels wind and dampness, reduces swelling and stops bleeding. It is used to treat vomiting blood, bloody stools, rheumatic pain, back pain, bleeding from external injuries, and toothache.
2. "Yunnan Simao Chinese Herbal Medicine Selection": It clears heat, detoxifies, disperses stasis, and relieves pain. It is used to treat injuries, fractures, rheumatism, pulmonary hemorrhage, bronchitis, tonsillitis, vomiting blood, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, and abdominal masses. It is also used for bleeding from external injuries and snake bites.
3. "Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine": It promotes blood circulation, reduces swelling, relieves pain, and has anti-inflammatory and hemostatic effects.
【The Medicinal Value of Turmeric】
1. Promoting blood circulation and dispelling wind
Turmeric is a pungent and cold medicinal herb. Despite its toxicity, it can promote blood circulation and dispel wind. It has excellent therapeutic effects on human injuries, rheumatic bone pain, numbness of tendons and bones, and other adverse symptoms. It can be decocted for oral administration or directly applied externally. However, when taken orally, the dosage must be carefully controlled to avoid poisoning.
2. Reducing swelling and relieving pain
Turmeric is also a medicinal herb that can reduce swelling and relieve pain. It has a good relieving effect on toothache, stomach pain, and menstrual abdominal pain.
In addition, when people suffer from swelling and pain caused by mastitis or carbuncle, they can take turmeric, which can quickly alleviate the pain and reduce the swelling at the affected area.
【The Clinical Applications of Turmeric】
It is used to treat various inflammations, such as acute mastitis and acute lacunar tonsillitis. Take the whole turmeric plant, grind it into powder, and take 1 gram each time, drink it with boiling water. It has been used to treat more than 80 cases, and all have been effective.
1. To treat sprains and swelling: Take fresh fennel and ginger, mash them and stew them with wine, then apply the mixture to the affected area. ("Yunnan Simao Chinese Herbal Medicine Selection")
2. To treat mastitis: Take fresh centipede, grind it into a paste, and drink it with boiling water. ("Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine")
3. To treat toothache: Take the root of centipede, which is the size of a grain of rice, and place it on the painful area. ("Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine")
4. To treat external bleeding: Take an appropriate amount of the leaves of Dishui, grind them into powder, and sprinkle it on the wound. ("Yunnan Chinese Herbal Medicine Selection")
