What Is Turmeric?

2024 Author: Gavin MacAdam | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-16 13:38

Turmeric is primarily a herbaceous beautiful plant that lives in the Asian tropics. The stems and rhizomes of its three types are used by people to produce the spice of the same name. In addition to the savory taste, turmeric has healing properties. It is a natural antibiotic that helps the human body fight viruses without destroying the liver or impairing the functioning of the digestive organs

Herbaceous plant turmeric

Since the turmeric plant is more accustomed to the climate of the tropics, it cannot grow and develop in the Russian climate. But the amazing beauty of turmeric won the hearts of flower growers, and they adapted to successfully grow it as a houseplant.

This plant is quite tall, it can reach a height of one meter, which must be taken into account by those who wish to decorate their home with an exotic flower. True, the flowers of turmeric are completely unattractive and small. But its bracts have a bright color and, if you do not go into botanical subtleties, you can enjoy them, believing that these are the flowers of the plant.

Spice turmeric

Russians are more familiar with turmeric as a spice. It is sold in stores and markets in the form of a bright yellow powder.

The powder is prepared from the rhizome of the plant. Outwardly, the rhizome is similar to the rhizome of medicinal ginger, which has successfully gained popularity among the Russian consumer. That's just the color of the rhizome of turmeric is bright yellow, which determines the color of the powder.

The chemical composition of turmeric

The yellow powder contains a number of vitamins (vitamin C and B vitamins), as well as iron, iodine, calcium, phosphorus necessary for our body.

Healing properties

Turmeric is a great healer. It helps the human body to mobilize its strength in the fight against all sorts of infections, as well as to remove harmful toxins from the liver.

It cleans the blood from uninvited visitors, has a diuretic effect, restores the body's strength after physical exertion or a debilitating illness, and supports the human body weakened by chronic illness. Even Alzheimer's disease significantly slows down its development under the influence of turmeric.

Being a natural antibiotic, turmeric not only does not harm the work of the gastrointestinal tract, but, on the contrary, promotes the growth of the activity of the intestinal flora, improves the digestion process, and supports the normal functioning of the liver.

Turmeric is a dietary product. It is recommended for people suffering from diabetes mellitus, obesity, who want to lose weight. Drinks with the addition of turmeric help to normalize metabolism in the body disturbed by diseases or malnutrition, cleanse the body of harmful cholesterol, and also carry out prevention against diabetes and obesity.

Turmeric also helps with skin diseases. Turmeric paste helps to get rid of boils faster, relieves itching, helps with eczema.

Commonwealth of turmeric with other foods

In the treatment of various diseases, it is recommended to use turmeric in conjunction with other products to increase the effect of turmeric.

So, it acts more effectively on diabetes mellitus in collaboration with the mummy.

With inflammation of the joints, sprains, bruises, lotions from turmeric with honey will help. And for abscesses, ulcers and abscesses on the skin - lotions from turmeric in a company with ghee.

Turmeric mixed with honey helps the body to better absorb the iron contained in turmeric, thereby increasing the level of hemoglobin in the blood. Therefore, this mixture is recommended to be taken in case of anemia.

Asthma attacks can be relieved by hot milk turmeric.

Contraindications: in the presence of stones in the biliary tract and gallbladder, turmeric is contraindicated.