Turmeric ( kunyit )

Turmeric (Curcuma longa Linn.
) or Turmeric (Curcuma domestica Val.
) including one of the spices crops and medicine, the original habitat this crop covered the Asian territory especially South-East Asia.
This crop afterwards experienced the spread to the area of Indo-Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia even Africa.
Almost anyone of Indonesia and India as well as the Asian nation generally consumes this spices crop, good as accessories of the cooking spice, the herbal tonic or to maintain the health and beauty. turmeric was normal spices was used in cooking in Asian countries.
Turmeric was often used in cooking of a kind of curry, but also was used to give the yellow colour in cooking.
The pharmacy product had standard material turmeric, could compete with various patent medicine, for example for the inflammation of the foundation (arthritis- rheumatoid) or osteo-arthritis had active material natrium deklofenak, piroksikam, and fenil butason with the relatively expensive price or the supplement to food (vitamins-plus) in the form of the capsule.
The manufactured item product from the turmeric extract took the form of the supplement to food in the form of the capsule (vitamins-plus) the market and his industry have developed.
The supplement to food was made from the raw material of the turmeric extract with the vitamins additive B1, B2, B6, B12, vitamin E, Lesitin, Amprotab, Mg-stearat, Nepagin and Kolidon 90. The use : the roots of the root that was more than one year old were used as medicine (the roots of the root was cool down, cleaned, influenced the stomach part Especially in the side, stimulating, released the gas surplus on the intestines, stopped the bleeding and prevented blood clotting) apart from same was used as the material in cooking.
Turmeric was also used as medicine anti itchy and anti cramps as well as reduced the swelling of the mouth mucous membrane.
Turmeric was consumed in the form of distillation that was acknowledged as the filtrate, also was drunk as the extract or use as ointment to treat the swelling. Turmeric also useful for cure the nose thatplug, his method by burning turmeric and inhale
Turmeric be classed as in the group ginger, Zingiberaceae.
The Local name:
Turmeric (England), Turmeric (the Netherlands), Turmeric (Indonesia and Malaysia); Kunir (Java), Koneng (Sunda), Konyet (Madura) ;
The illness that could be treated:
The main content kurkumin and volatile oil, functioned for hepatitis medical treatment, antioksidan, the disturbance of the digestion, anti the microbe (broad spectrum), anti cholesterol, anti the HIV, anti the tumour, hindered the development of the cell of the breasts tumour (hormone dependent and independent), hindered ploriferasi the tumour cell to the large intestine (dose-dependent), anti the invasion, anti rheumatoid arthritis (rheumatism), had the prospect that was bright in the sector of the secondary industry (the Picture 5) in various forms (the extract, oil, the senior officer, food/the drink, cosmetics, the pharmacy product and IKOT/IOT).
Diabetes melitus, typhus,the appendix , Disentri, whitish; Menstruation not be fluent in, the Stomach sick during menstruation, expedited The mother's milk ; the Almond, mucus, Morbili, Cangkrang (Waterproken)
The composition: the CONTENT of CHEMISTRY: Turmeric contained the compound that useful for medicine, that was mentioned kurkuminoid that consist of kurkumin, desmetoksikumin and bisdesmetoksikurkumin and the substance- the other benefit substance.
The content of the Substance: Kurkumin: R1 = R2 = OCH3 10 of % Demetoksikurkumin: R1 = OCH3, R2 = H 1 - 5 of % Bisdemetoksikurkumin: R1 = R2 = H volatile Oil/Volatile oil (Keton sesquiterpen, turmeron, tumeon 60%, Zingiberen 25%, felandren, sabinen, borneol and sineil) Fat 1 -3 %, the Carbohydrate 3 %, Protein 30%, Pati 8%, vitamin C 45-55%, Mineral salts (Iron, phosphorus, and calcium) the rest of them.