Slice turmeric is the dried rhizome of the ginger plant Warm Tulip, slice turmeric has the effect of breaking blood and moving qi, clearing collaterals and relieving pain, dispelling dampness and dispersing cold, and lowering blood lipids, and it can be used for treating stagnation of qi and blood stasis, stabbing pain in the chest and hypochondrium, paralysis of the chest and heart, dysmenorrhea and menstrual occlusion, obstruction of the mass in the abdomen, bruises and swelling pains, limb cascading pains, postnatal malodorous discharge, post-partum abdominal pain, rheumatism, shoulder and arm pains, and hyperlipidaemia.

Sheet turmeric contains curcumin, demethoxycurcumin, double demethoxycurcumin and other components.

1. Curcumin contained in turmeric has the effect of lowering blood lipids, anti-tumor, anti-inflammatory, choleretic, antioxidant and so on. Scientists newly found curcumin helps treat drug-resistant tuberculosis.

2. Turmeric is also known as the rhizome of Wen Yujin, and Wen Yujin injection has a protective effect on the damaged liver and can be used to protect the liver.

3. Wen tulujin decoction also has the effect of terminating pregnancy as well as antipregnancy, and the antipregnancy effect increases with increasing dose.