What are the effects and functions of turmeric slices

Turmeric is a plant of the ginger family. It is widely used nowadays. It can effectively help us sober up and has a good anti-inflammatory and anti-pathogenic effect. It can also effectively protect the liver and promote bile secretion and prevent some cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Therefore, it has good medicinal effects clinically and also has a good blood pressure lowering effect. Therefore, by understanding its effects and functions, we can use it according to our physical condition.

Turmeric is a plant belonging to the ginger family. It has long been known among the Japanese people that turmeric can sober up and prevent hangovers, and the effect is remarkable. In the Edo period, turmeric had become very popular as a Chinese herbal medicine, and ancient Asians regarded it as a panacea and a treasure. Modern medical research shows that in addition to sobering up and preventing hangovers, turmeric has a wide range of pharmacological effects, including anti-inflammatory, anti-pathogenic, antioxidant, lipid-lowering, liver-protecting and bile-promoting, and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular protection. Among them, the liver protection and liver protection effects are widely used, with significant clinical results.

Introduction to Turmeric

Turmeric is a perennial herb of the genus Curcuma in the Zingiberaceae family. It has well-developed rhizomes that grow in clumps, with oval or cylindrical branches. It blooms in August and contains a variety of chemical components. It has good medicinal value and economic prospects. Cultivated or wild on plains, mountain meadows or bushes. So what are the main medicinal functions of turmeric?

Effects of Turmeric

The effect of lowering blood pressure. Turmeric alcohol extract showed a hypotensive effect in anesthetized dogs, and this effect was not affected by the injection of atropine and the removal of the vagus nerve. If ergot fluid extract is injected in advance, the antihypertensive effect can be reversed to a pressor effect (similar to the reversal effect of coptisine). The antihypertensive effect of the ether extract is extremely weak.

Antibacterial effect. Curcumin and its volatile oil have good antibacterial effect against Staphylococcus aureus. Turmeric water extract has varying degrees of inhibitory effects on a variety of skin fungi in test tubes. The decoction can prolong the survival time of inoculated mice, but it is ineffective against chemical (carbon tetrachloride) liver damage on the basis of hepatitis. In addition, turmeric preparations can kill flies.

The above content introduces in detail the effects and functions of turmeric slices. Through these effects, we can know that it brings very high health and medicinal value. Moreover, its pharmacological effects are also very wide. It can play a good role in regulating blood pressure and inhibiting and fighting some pathogens.