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Curcuma Longa (turmeric) belongs to the same family as ginger and grows best in a warm and moist climate. It is found in an area that includes India, Indonesia, Thailand and China. The bulbous root of the one meter high plant with its lily-like leaves is used as a spice, colouring agent and herbal medicine. Turmeric is rich in etheric oils and the curcuminoids that are responsible for its deep yellow colour. From early times onwards turmeric was closely identified with saffron and soon came to be used for the same purposes instead of the much more expensive saffron. To this day the dark reddish-brown dot on the forehead of Hindus is made by mixing turmeric with a particular alkali base.
Popular herbal medicine ascribes a large number of curative properties to turmeric. Turmeric is mentioned in nearly all medieval herbal books and is recommended as a cure for many illnesses such as jaundice, liver and gall complaints, windiness, a visibly swollen stomach, intestinal rumbling, premature sensation of satiation, inability to digest particular types of food together with pain, nausea after eating and a lack of appetite.
In our affluent society problems related to the liver, the gall bladder and the associated canals are becoming increasingly common as a result of eating unnatural food and in particular too many calories and fats.
Problems with the digestion usually manifest themselves as a feeling of satiation, windiness or painful cramps in the stomach and intestines. A fatty diet, too much heavy food and not chewing properly cause an insufficient supply of digestive juices and result in a feeling of satiation, burping, windiness and pains in the upper or lower stomach.
Trumeric contains curcuminoids which in turn contain etheric oils which have the ability to promote the production of gall and digestive juices, thus improving digestion and influencing in a positive sense the whole alimentary canal. The most common complaints such as pain the stomach area, a feeling of satiation, windiness, constipation, slow digestion, the perturbed catabolic processing of fats, inability to digest particular types of food coupled to a feeling of nausea diminish rapidly and can even disappear completely.
In all such cases the effect of turmeric as a herbal remedy can hardly be surpassed. Because it is so easily digested, turmeric can be used for a prolongued period or even indefinitely.
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