Turmeric Root – 1 lb (454 g)

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[Overview] This herb is also known as Huang Yu and Yu Jin. It is derived from the Zingiberaceae family plants: Curcuma wenyujin Y.H.Chen & C.Ling (Wen Yujin), Curcuma longa L. (Jiang Huang), Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G.Lee & C.F.Ling (Guangxi Ezhu), and Curcuma phaeocaulis Val. The first two are commonly called “Wen Yujin” and “Yellow Silk Yujin,” respectively; the others are distinguished by their characteristics as “Gui Yujin” or “Green Silk Yujin.” The main production areas are Zhejiang, Sichuan, Guangxi, and Guangdong provinces. In winter, after the aerial stems and leaves wither, the aboveground parts are cut off, the underground parts are dug out, soil is shaken off, tuberous roots are picked, cleaned, moistened, and sliced thinly; or cleaned, dried, and crushed.

[Properties] Taste: pungent, bitter; nature: cold. Channels entered: Heart, Liver, Lung.

[Actions] Promotes qi movement and activates blood circulation; clears the heart and relieves depression; cools the blood and stops bleeding; reduces jaundice by clearing liver and gallbladder heat.

[Applications]
1. Used for pain caused by blood stasis and qi stagnation. For qi stagnation and blood stasis with chest and hypochondriac pain, often combined with Mu Xiang (Aucklandia). If qi stagnation predominates, Mu Xiang dosage may be doubled; if blood stasis predominates, Yujin dosage may be doubled, as in the formula Diandao Mu Jin San (颠倒木金散). For menstrual abdominal pain or amenorrhea in women, often combined with Dang Gui, Bai Shao, Xiang Fu, etc., as in Xuan Yu Tong Jing Tang (宣郁通经汤). For hypochondriac masses, often combined with Bie Jia, Dan Shen, Ze Lan, etc.
2. Used for febrile diseases with coma, epilepsy, and convulsions. For damp-warm febrile disease with turbid evil obstructing the heart orifices, causing coma, delirium, chest and epigastric fullness, irritability, often combined with Chang Pu, Lian Qiao, Zhi Zi, as in Chang Pu Yu Jin Tang (菖蒲郁金汤). For phlegm obstructing the heart orifices causing epilepsy, convulsions, sudden fainting, foaming at the mouth, often combined with Bai Fan and taken as pills, as in Bai Jin Wan (白金丸).
3. Used for bleeding due to blood heat: vomiting blood, nosebleed, metrorrhagia, hematuria, and hematochezia. For vomiting and nosebleed caused by liver qi stagnation transforming into fire and qi-fire rising, and for women’s metrorrhagia, often combined with Sheng Di, Dan Pi, Zhi Zi, as in Sheng Di Huang Tang (生地黄汤). For heat accumulation in the lower burner causing blood strangury and hematuria, combined with Sheng Di Huang, Pu Huang, etc., as in Yu Jin San (郁金散). For treating heat toxin dysentery with persistent bleeding, combined with Huai Hua and Gan Cao, as in Yu Jin San.
4. Used for damp-heat jaundice and urinary calculi. For liver and gallbladder damp-heat jaundice, often combined with Yin Chen and Shan Zhi. For gallbladder and biliary tract stones, combined with Jin Qian Cao, Ji Nei Jin, Yin Chen, etc. For sand and stone strangury, combined with Hua Shi and Mu Tong. Clinically used for acute and chronic congestive hepatitis, gallstones, and urinary tract stones.

[Dosage and Administration] Internal use: decoction, 3–10 g; or incorporated into pills or powders.

[Cautions] Contraindicated in cases of yin deficiency with bleeding and absence of qi stagnation or blood stasis. Use with caution during pregnancy.

[Modern Research]
1. Chemical constituents: The tubers of Wen Yujin, Jiang Huang, Ezhu, and Chuan Yujin all contain curcuminoids such as curcumin, demethoxycurcumin, and bisdemethoxycurcumin. Jiang Huang and Guangxi Ezhu contain volatile oils with main components including curcumone, pinene, zingiberene, β-pinene, cineole, camphene, eugenol, δ-cadinene, and curzerenol. Guangxi Ezhu also contains β-sitosterol, carotenoid glycosides, and palmitic acid.
2. Pharmacological effects: Yujin volatile oil inhibits both cellular and humoral immunity; curcumin diketone in Yujin significantly prolongs various sleep phases in domestic pigs, with effects superior to the traditional sedative Zhu Sha An Shen Wan, indicating a notable central nervous system inhibitory effect; Yujin volatile oil prevents free radical-induced myocardial injury; Yujin reduces elevated ALT in carbon tetrachloride-intoxicated rats, increases serum total protein and albumin; it induces hepatic microsomal cytochrome P450, enhancing liver biotransformation and detoxification functions, partially counteracting or reducing toxic damage to the liver; Wen Yujin shows a significant excitatory effect on isolated uteri of non-pregnant or early pregnant mice and rabbits, with dose-dependent enhancement; Yujin aqueous extract inhibits various pathogenic fungi in vitro.
3. Clinical reports: 1) Premature beats: powdered Chuan Yujin or tablets, initial dose 5–10 g three times daily, increased to 10–15 g three times daily if tolerated, for 3 months per course; total effective rate 65% in 56 cases. [Beijing Zhong Yi, 1984,(3):18] 2) Spontaneous sweating syndrome: Guang Yujin 30 g and Wu Bei Zi 9 g ground into fine powder; 10–15 g per dose mixed with honey into two cakes (non-flowing consistency), applied to both breasts and fixed with gauze, changed once daily; 41 cases treated, effect seen generally within 3–5 days. [Zhong Yi Za Zhi, 1983,(11):52] 3) Acute mastitis: Yujin 9 g, red dates 3 pieces (soaked in warm water and pitted), Bing Pian 3 g, all mashed into a paste; apply to the opposite nostril of the affected breast once daily, 1/4 dose each time; 70 cases of early-stage mastitis without abscess, generally cured after 2 applications, effective rate 96%. [Jiangsu Zhong Yi, 1982,(3):15]