Turmeric (Curcuma phaeocaulis)

莪术é shùEshu

Curcuma phaeocaulis · Plant

Curcuma, standing in for Curcuma phaeocaulis
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

May enhance anticoagulants; avoid with gallstones.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Turmeric for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Joint PainInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Turmeric does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntioxidantBenefit DigestiveBenefit Immune Anti-cancerBenefit Liver

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Curcuma phaeocaulis and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.