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12 Super Benefits of Turmeric: The Golden Spice
The benefits of turmeric and its use dates back to nearly 4000 yrs to the Vedic culture in India, where it was used as a culinary spice and had some religious significances. In 1280, Marco Polo described this spice, marveling at a vegetable that exhibited qualities so similar to that of saffron. According to Sanskrit medical treatises and Ayurvedic and Unani systems, turmeric has a long history of medicinal use in South Asia. Sushruta’s Ayurvedic Compendium, dating back 250 B.C. recommends ointment turmeric to relieve the effects of poisoned food.
Famous for its different names like Harida, Haldi, Manual in different languages, with it’s inherent qualities and high content of the bioactive compound curcumin, Indian turmeric is said to be the best in the world. Indian turmeric has received worldwide attention because of its health benefit. Erode in Tamil Nadu, Vaigaon in Maharashtra, Kandhamal in Odisha, Lakadong in Meghalaya are GI tag places in India which are famous for turmeric production as well as trading for high content of Curcumin in it. Lakadong turmeric contains maximum Curcumin in India.
Before turmeric can be used the turmeric rhizomes are boiled to remove the raw odour, gelatinized starch and to produce more uniformly colorful product. More than 100 components have been isolated from turmeric. The main component of the root is a volatile oil containing the turmerone and curcumin.
Benefits of Turmeric:
- Useful in skin, heart, liver, lungs diseases.
- Epilepsy, bleeding disorder, body and mind purification.
- Used as an antiviral, antibacterial, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, antiallergic, antioxidant, antiseptic, antispasmodic, appetizer, stimulant.
- Therapeutic uses: anemia, cancer, food poisoning, diabetes, gallstones, proper digestion, for wound healing.
- Turmeric helps to regulate reproductive system in females, breast milk purification, in male for increase sperm count and healthy sperms.
- Turmeric reduces: fever, cough, diarrhea, urinary infections, lactational disorder, insanity. Also decreases secretion from eye and ear disorder.
- Maintains cholesterol level and reduces visceral obesity.
- Useful in Alzheimer’s disease.
- Increases immunity.
- Helps in maintaining complexion.
- Helps in management of exercise induced inflammation and muscle soreness, thus enhancing recovery.
- In addition to above all, a relatively low dose can provide health benefits for people that do not have diagnosed health conditions.
Benefits of curcumin are best achieved when curcumin is combined with agent piperine (black pepper) which increases its bioavailability significantly. Curcumin is poorly absorbed from the GI tract. In Indian cooking, turmeric is usually heated in a fat, like oil or taken with milk which increases its absorption.
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