Turmeric is a commonly used medicine, and its main bioactive components are curcuminoids and volatile oil.

The former has a hypolipidemic, anticoagulant, antioxidant, choleretic, anticancer and other effects; curcumin is a plant polyphenol extracted from turmeric, but also the most important active ingredient of turmeric to play a pharmacological role. Recent studies have not only proved the traditional role of turmeric, but also revealed some new pharmacological effects, such as anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, scavenging oxygen free radicals, anti-human immunodeficiency virus, protection of liver and kidney, anti-fibrotic, and anti-cancer and anti-cancer effects.