What are the effects and functions of turmeric?

There are many effects and functions of turmeric. When facing problems such as tingling and abdominal pain, using turmeric with licorice, cyperus rotundus and other Chinese medicines can have a good therapeutic effect. It can also be used to treat problems such as vomiting blood and hematuria.

1. It is used for chest tightness, stabbing pain, and abdominal pain caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis. It can be used in combination with bupleurum, salvia miltiorrhiza, cyperus rotundus, aurantium, white peony root, etc. If you are treating premenstrual abdominal pain, use 15 grams each of white peony root, angelica, peony bark, 9 grams of gardenia, 6 grams of white mustard seed, 3 grams each of bupleurum, cyperus rotundus, curcuma, scutellaria, and licorice, and decoct them in water. If you want to treat lump under the ribs, you can use it together with Salvia miltiorrhiza, turtle shell, Zedoaria, and Citrus aurantium.

2. If the patient is unconscious, epileptic, or madness due to internal phlegm-heat, use equal parts of alum and turmeric, grind them into powder, and make pills with soap bean juice. Take 3 to 6 grams each time, twice a day.

3. It can be used together with Radix Rehmanniae, Cortex Moutan, Achyranthis Bidentatae, Gardenia, Panax Notoginseng, and Zedoariae for vomiting blood, epistaxis, hematuria, and retrograde menstruation in women caused by liver depression.

4. Chronic cholecystitis: 8g each of Bupleurum, Scutellaria, Codonopsis, Atractylodes, Poria 12g, Curcuma 9g, Amomum 5g, Licorice 5g. Decoction with water, one dose per day. It is more suitable for liver depression and spleen deficiency syndrome.

5. Hyperthyroidism: Curcuma 6g, Sargassum 10g, Salvia miltiorrhiza 10g. Boil in water, keep the juice, and add appropriate amount of brown sugar. Take once in the morning and once in the evening.