1, wentong Sanjie
Turmeric, like qi, is good at relieving pain, and is good at treating qi stagnation and blood stasis, chest pain, chest pain, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, abdominal mass, traumatic injury, swelling and pain.
2. Warming meridians and dredging collaterals
Ginger is warm and bitter, and can dispel wind, dispel cold, remove dampness, be good at qi and blood, dredge channels and relieve pain. Especially good at walking limbs to remove arthralgia. It is often used with herbs such as Notopterygium, Saposhnikovia divaricata and Angelica for expelling wind, removing dampness and promoting blood circulation.
3, cholagogic
Turmeric decoction and infusion can increase the bile secretion of dogs, make bile components return to normal and increase gallbladder contraction. Its effect is weak and persistent, lasting 1-2 hours.
Experiment: Curcumin or its sodium salt is beneficial to gallbladder function. Intravenous injection in dogs can reduce solid content and increase bile secretion, but in total absolute value, bile salt, bilirubin and cholesterol secretion all increase, while fatty acid composition remains unchanged.
4, antibacterial and anti-inflammatory
Curcumin and its volatile oil have good antibacterial effect on Staphylococcus aureus. The water extract of turmeric has inhibitory effect on a variety of skin fungi in vitro.
Experiment: The decoction can prolong the survival time of mice inoculated with virus, but it is ineffective in aggravating the chemical (carbon tetrachloride) liver injury of viral hepatitis. In addition, turmeric preparation can kill flies. Its volatile oil and curcumin have significant anti-inflammatory effects on acute and subacute foot swelling inflammation in rats and mice. Its decoction has analgesic effect.
5. Reduce blood lipid and blood pressure
Turmeric alcohol extract, turmeric volatile oil and curcumin all have obvious effects on lowering serum cholesterol, triglyceride and β -lipoprotein
Turmeric alcohol extract has the effect of lowering blood pressure in anesthetized dogs. Curcumin can increase myocardial nutrient blood flow.
Its volatile oil and curcumin can inhibit platelet aggregation. Curcumin can enhance fiber activity and has a strong anticoagulant effect.
6. Anti-fertility
Its decoction has an exciting effect on the isolated uterus of mice and guinea pigs and a contractive effect on the uterus of rabbits.
Intraperitoneal injection of its decoction can obviously terminate the pregnancy and early pregnancy in mice.
7. Anti-tumor
Tissue culture and in vivo experiments with mouse Dalton lymphoascites tumor cells showed that the ethanol extract of turmeric could inhibit the growth of cancer cells. At 0.4mg/ml, it can inhibit the growth of China hamster ovary, has cytotoxic effect on lymphocytes and Dalton's lymphocytes, and can reduce the growth of animal tumors. Its active ingredient is mainly curcumin.
8, lighting effect
Curcumin has weak bactericidal ability under normal conditions, but under light, microgram curcumin shows strong phototoxic reaction. Gram-negative bacteria are more resistant to the phototoxicity of curcumin than Gram-positive bacteria. This phototoxicity of curcumin can only be produced in the presence of oxygen. Therefore, curcumin can be used as a photosensitizer in the phototherapy of psoriasis, cancer, bacterial and viral diseases. Curcumin can also play a stable role in photolysis drugs. For example, nifedipine has strong photostability, which can prolong the half-life by 6 times and enhance the curative effect.
9. Others
Curcumin also has strong antioxidant, antimutagenic, antitumor and antibacterial effects.
10, the edible taboo of turmeric
1, blood deficiency, qi stagnation and blood stasis and pregnant women should use it with caution: Materia Medica Classic: `Anyone who suffers from arm pain due to blood deficiency and abdominal pain due to blood deficiency but not blood stasis should not be misused. Mistakes hurt blood even more, turning the disease into drama. '
2. "General test of medicinal properties":' Disabled for the infirm. '
3, "Materia Medica Seeking the Original":' No fire. pharmacological action
1 1, the choice of turmeric
1, Curcuma longa is used to treat premature menstruation with less astringency, and its red color: Angelica sinensis, Radix Rehmanniae Preparata, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Rhizoma Chuanxiong, Curcuma longa, Scutellariae Radix, Cortex Moutan, Rhizoma Corydalis and Rhizoma Cyperi (processed) are equally divided. Decoct with water. (Tang's "Golden Mirror Medical Sect")
2. Curcuma longa is used to treat arm back pain, and NO FENG フウカ phlegm: Curcuma longa, Glycyrrhiza uralensis Fisch, Notopterygium incisum and Atractylodes macrocephala Fisch. Take one or two tablets each time, decocted in water. For pain below waist, Cortex Erythrinae, Radix Angelicae Sinensis and Radix Paeoniae should be added. ("Chishui Zhu Xuan" turmeric powder)
3. Curcuma longa is used for gastritis, cholangitis, abdominal distension, pain, vomiting and jaundice: Curcuma longa costs five points, Coptis chinensis costs six points, Cinnamomum cassia costs three points, Corydalis costs two points, Guangyu costs five points, and Mianjun costs one point five points. Decoct with water. (Modern and Practical Chinese Medicine)
4. Cure traumatic injury with turmeric: peach kernel, orchid leaf, peony bark, turmeric, sappan wood, angelica, dried tangerine peel, Achyranthes bidentata, Ligusticum Chuanxiong, Radix Rehmanniae, cinnamon, frankincense and myrrh. Decoct with water, wine and baby excrement. (Curcuma Rhizome Decoction in Traumatology Prescription)
5, ginger cures heartache: turmeric (micro-fried), angelica (cut, baked) one or two each, woody, linderae (micro-fried) half. On the four flavors, Daoluosan, take two Bi Yuan each time, fry Cornus officinalis vinegar soup and adjust it. (Ginger Powder from Shengji Zonglu)
6. Curcuma longa is used to treat female hydronephrosis, which is suitable for invigorating qi: half of Curcuma longa, half of clove, half of angelica sinensis (cut and baked) and half of peony. Four flavors are served, and fine Luo San. Take two yuan each time with warm wine. When the meridians are coming, take this medicine first, regardless of the time. (Ginger Powder from Shengji Zonglu)
7, turmeric toothache is unbearable: turmeric, asarum, angelica dahurica and so on. Apply fine powder, rub for two or three times, and rinse with salt soup. ("10 1 recipe selection" turmeric powder)
8, turmeric treatment of postpartum abdominal pain: turmeric two points, no medicine one point. From top to bottom, take the boy a glass of water and a cup of urine, fry the medicine to one and a half cups, and take it three times. Take it orally for about five or seven miles, and take another tablet. ("Puji Fang" turmeric powder)