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	Hepatitis.
	Indigestion.
	Gallbladder disease.
	Arthritis, Inflammatory conditions.
	Obesity.
	Hepatoprotective (i.e. protects the liver against toxins).

Historically, turmeric commands a venerable position in Indian and Asian medicine. Numerous ailments have been treated with it ,namely: indigestion, jaundice, hepatitis, gallstones, wounds and ulcers. Traditional Chinese healers have also used turmeric for numerous ailments including liver problems and colic. Topical preparations are applied to the skin as poultices to reduce pain and itching in small wounds and ringworm infections.
Turmeric is also used as a spice (it is a key ingredient in curry powder , and is also used in mustards), and as a food coloring. Turmeric oil is also used in perfumes .

	None reported at therapeutic doses.
	Large doses not recommended in severe liver and gallbladder disease and for anybody with bleeding disorders.

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Turmeric has been used as yellow food coloring for a long time and as an essential flavoring spice in Indian and other ethnic cuisine's. Turmeric contains 4.2 to 14 percent of an orange yellow volatile oil ,bitter principles, and critical substances known as curcuminoids. The curcuminoids are responsible for the yellow coloring and for many of its medicinal effects.

Many studies have revealed that the herb contains a cholagogue-type substances that increase the secretion of bile. The main ingredient, curcumin, possesses anti-inflammatory properties and liver protective activity, detoxifies dangerous substances and acts as a free radical scavenger. It has also been suggested that turmeric lowers blood cholesterol through various cholorectic effects.

Turmeric also has catabolic effects on fats, and this may account for its effects on weight loss This spice also has a documented ability to lower blood cholesterol and triglycerides.

Turmeric is such an effective free-radical scavenger that it is documented as being a highly effective anti-cancer agent. This effect is so well-recognized that legislation in India now requires that turmeric be included in all curries.

The anti-inflammatory properties of this herb are attributable to its ability to inhibit platelet aggregation and cyclooxygenase (COX) and lipoxygenase enzymes (both of which catalyze the formation of inflammatory prostaglandins from cell membrane constituents). This enables turmeric to be used as a topical agent to heal various chronic ulcers and as an ingestible preparation for the treatment of arthritis and other inflammatory conditions. This effect is most notable in people with intact adrenal glands, which produce substances which stimulate COX and lipoxygenase enzymes. .

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Turmeric is the large, deep yellow rhizome (underground stem) of Curcuma longa, a perennial shrub of the zinger family cultivated throughout the Indian subcontinent, China , Asia and tropical regions of the world. The plant bears long green leaves and yellow flowers.

Rhizomes of Curcuma longa are dried and processed to a powder which is compressed into enteric-coated tablets.