The efficacy and function of the Chinese medicine Curcuma

Most people pronounce the two words "莪术" incorrectly. 莪术 looks a bit like an enlarged version of taro, and looks like a lump of earth, but the medicinal value of 莪术 is extremely high. The medicinal value of Curcuma zedoaria is somewhat similar to healing wounds and stopping bleeding, but it is cold in nature and is not suitable for people with weak qi and blood, weak spleen and stomach, and pregnant women. However, it still has a certain regulating effect on the liver. Curcuma is the main ingredient of many blood-activating and blood-stasis-removing medicines.

The first line of qi breaks the blood.

① It is used for symptoms such as blood stasis, amenorrhea, abdominal masses, etc., and is often used together with Trillium, Chuanxiong, Peach Kernel, Safflower, etc. ② Used for symptoms such as hepatosplenomegaly, cirrhosis, etc., used together with Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Rhizoma Safflower, Rhizoma Paeoniae Rubra, and Rhizoma Turtle Shell. ③For swelling and pain caused by bruises and injuries, fresh rhizomes can be mashed and fried with rice wine and applied externally.

Second, it can eliminate accumulation and relieve pain.

① It is used for food stagnation, with symptoms of chest and abdominal distension and pain, and vomiting of acid water. It can be used together with Trillium, Citrus aurantium, and malt sprouts. ② Used to treat cancer, Curcuma injection is used to treat cervical cancer. 10-30 ml is injected locally into the lesion every day, or this product is prepared with vinegar, and then decocted in water with 10 grams of vinegar and Trigonosciadium japonicum. There is also a curcuma oil ointment for topical application, which has a certain effect on vulvar cancer and skin cancer.

Third, Curcuma can treat mass accumulation, amenorrhea, and heart and abdominal pain.

Curcuma zedoaria is bitter, pungent, dispersing, warming and unblocking. It enters both the blood and qi, can break up blood and disperse blood stasis, eliminate symptoms and resolve accumulation, promote qi and relieve pain. It is suitable for symptoms and accumulations caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, food stagnation over a long period of time, as well as various pain syndromes caused by qi stagnation, blood stasis, food stagnation and cold stagnation. It is often used together with Trillium.

Fourth, the function of Curcuma oil.

Curcuma oil is used to treat colds, cholera vomiting and diarrhea, summer heat sha syndrome, stroke with phlegm and unconsciousness, loss of breath due to falls, tingling in the head, toothache due to wind and fire, bronchial asthma, various coughs, cold and heat stomachache, pain in the waist, back and limbs, pruritus, scabies, unknown swelling and pus, bruises, scalds and burns, injuries from snakes, insects, scorpions, dog fish and centipedes, vomiting blood, insomnia, and bleeding from trauma. Curcuma oil is an antiviral drug: it has a direct inhibitory effect on respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and a direct inactivating effect on influenza virus types A1 and A3. Antiviral by dissolving virus particles.