Saffron of India, Batallita, Carmotillo, Dragoon, Jengibrillo, American Root, Turmero, Yuquilla
Although it can seem strange, the spices and sharp sauces perform an important function in the diet of the inhabitants of the tropic. Without them it would be difficult the conservation, and the digestion, of foods in warm climates. The good use of spices is one more a sample of popular wisdom.
Habitat: original of the island of Java, although extended to other tropical countries of Asia, Central America and the Antilles.
Description: it plants vivaz of the family of the Zingiberáceas, that reaches to a meter of height. It presents/displays of 5 to 10 great leaves, with pecíolo very long. The flowers are of white or yellowish color. Rizoma is voluminous, of up to 10 cm. of diameter.
Used parts: rizoma (underground stems).
Properties and indications: rizoma of cúrcuma contains an essential oil, pigments, a bitter principle, acid organic, draws resin from and starch. It is a stomach tonic similar to jengibre. It stimulates the secretion of gastric juice, and with it it facilitates the digestion of the inapetentes or dispépticos. It is used in case of chronic gastritis and hipoclorhidria (lack of hydrochlorate acid in the stomach). Also it has properties colagogas (facilitates the evacuating of the biliary vesicle) and carminativas (it avoids intestinal gases). It stimulates the secretion of gastric juice, and with it it facilitates the digestion of the inapetentes or dispépticos. It is used in case of chronic gastritis and hipoclorhidria (lack of hydrochlorate acid in the stomach). Also it has properties colagogas (facilitates the evacuating of the biliary vesicle) and carminativas (it avoids intestinal gases). In some Central American countries it is used to reduce the cholesterol level.
Use: in infusion with 15 or 20 grs., of rizoma by liter of water. A cup interferes during the food. In dust 1 gram daily distributed in 3 times is administered.
Active Principles
Essential oil (3-5%), rich in terpénicos carbides (zingibereno) and sesquiterpénicas ketones (turmeronas); colorantes matters (3-6%): curcuminas, curcumoides.
Indications
Hyposecretory Disquinesias hepatobiliares, colecistitis, colelitiasis, hepatitis, dispepsias, gastrointestinales flatulencia, diarreas, espasmos. Hiperlipidemias, prevention of arteriosclerosis and tromboembolismos.
Contraindications
Obstruction of the biliary routes. Its use for treatment of the colelitiasis must be exclusively made under prescription and medical checkup. Not to prescribe in case of gastroduodenal ulcer or gastritis (to see precautions).
Not to prescribe forms of metering with alcoholic content to smaller children of two years nor to consultantes in process of etílica deshabituación.
Precaution/Poisonings
The curcuminoides present/display a citostática action in vitro and its continued use is considered can induce the formation of stomach ulcers.
To consider the alcoholic content of the fluid extract and the dye.
Galénicas Forms/Dosage
- nourishing Use: cúrcuma or curry, like condimento.
- Infusion: 20 g/l, 200 to 300 g to the day.
- fluid Extract (1:1): 5 to 25 drops to the day, 1-3 times to the day.
- It tinctures (1:10): 50 to 100 drops, one to three times to the day.
- micronizado Dust: 100 mg, half an hour before the meals.
- dry Extract (5:1): 50 mg/cápsula, half an hour before the main meals.
Bibliography
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Commentaries:
It could Reduce to This Grass the Risk of the disease of Alzheimer and the Cancer?
By Allen S. Josephs, M. D.
To learn new information can be a estimuladora thing. Too many of us, unfortunately, are not interested to obtain the new knowledge and growing of. It had been actively studying nutrition for last the ten years and I consider something of an authority. Nevertheless, when encounter new information in the nutrition field, I find moving rather. Well, he is today one of those days.
Per years it had read about Planta cúrcuma that was not known until recently and I realized extension of this very powerful nutritious food. Cúrcuma, otherwise known like curcumin, is a member of the family of jengibre that is cultivated extensively through India, China and Indonesia. Cúrcuma is the greater ingredient in cari, a spice that is used enough in the Hindu diet. It along with knew its effects like antiinflammatory some anticancerigenic effects, although later to have read of its great nutritious power
The investigators of the University of California in the Angels have indicated that India has one of the lowest rates of the disease of Alzheimer in the world, dear who to be about 1% of individuals on the age of 65, whereas approximately 10% of North Americans on age 65 develop the disease of Alzheimer supposedly. Perhaps the investigators suggested curcumin had some Anti-Alzheimer effect. Recent Literature has indicated that the antiinflammatory long term use of the nonsheroidal one of drugs as the ibuprofeno can reduce the risk of the disease of Alzheimer. Unfortunately, these drugs have long term consequences that take to a risk of hemorrhages in case of ulceras and the damage of liver and kidney.
The UCLA investigators lead a quite interesting experiment. The mice grew up genetically to develop Alzheimer. The then mice were with several doses curcumin. One was that relatively low doses of curcumin diminished the disease of Alzheimer destroying the pathological changes in the brains of mice by about 50%. The investigators concluded that the consumption of curcumin can be one more a safer alternative in comparison with drugs antiinflammatory steroids not to help to reduce the incidence of the disease of the disease of Alzheimer.
Additionally, there is manifold studies in the medical Literature that suggests that curcumin can have some potential to deal with truely several forms the cancer. Al to make this investigation recent, pleased to see to me that several possible therapies for the prostate are at the moment experienced by the National Institute del Cancer, you become cancerous of sine. Between this is curcumin. In an article published in the daily east Anti-Ca'ncer Investigation year, was indicated that extensive investigation on last the fifty years suggests this nutritious food can prevents and treats the cancer. The effects anti cancer of curcumin come from their ability to suppress proliferation of a great variety of cells of tumor and to seem to be effective to not only suppress to the initiation of the tumor but also tumor promotion and even metástasis (the extension of the cancer).
Farmacológicamente, like nutritious food is safe in human the clinical tests that show nondose that limits the toxicity until 10g (10.000 mg.) a day. The authors of the paper conclude saying that the studies have suggested curcumin has enormous potential in the prevention and the therapy of the cancer.
Curcumin appears to have a positive effect in the vesicle function. It also has some beneficial effects with respect to the cardiovascular system including lowering of cholesterol levels and inhibition of the aggregate of the plaqueta.
It is rare that young they suffer of the disease of the disease of Alzheimer, I recommend certain nutritious foods. good doses are due to take routinely from vitamins C, and and the complex B, oil of antirust liver of codfish and, but now having reviewed Literature on cúrcuma, I suggest this plant as a nutritional complement also. it pleases to me to announce that the Institute of Ciencias Nutricionales (NSI) has added cúrcuma standardizada to its line of products totalizing about 150 different products. Each capsule contains 900 mg. of cúrcuma standardizada to 95% of curcumin (the highest plane available). Still more, 5 NSI include mg of Bioperine dramatically to increase the absorption of curcumin in the blood current. The capsules are easier to swallow than it rocks the hard tablets that contain artificial folders and colorantes.
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