Curcumin is a yellow pigment extracted from the rhizome of Curcuma longa, and its main component is curcumin. Traditional Chinese medicine is generally used to treat chest and hypochondriac pain, amenorrhea, syndrome, rheumatic shoulder and arm pain, traumatic swelling and pain, blood stasis, qi circulation, menstruation and pain relief. Treat fullness and pain in the heart, arm pain, abdominal mass, amenorrhea due to blood stasis in women, abdominal pain due to postpartum stasis, traumatic injury and carbuncle.

Modern research has confirmed that curcumin, the main component of Curcuma longa, has antioxidant, anti-tumor, hypolipidemic, hypoglycemic, anti-ulcer, liver protection, anti-myocardial ischemia, antidepressant, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antiviral and antifungal effects, and can be used to treat cancer, diabetes, coronary heart disease, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease (Alzheimer's disease) and other chronic diseases.