What is turmeric, a plant of the family Zingiberaceae? There are six differences between ginger and ginger!

Turmeric, also known as turmeric, Baodingxiang, Miaomian, turmeric, yellow silk, etc., is a turmeric plant of the family Zingiberaceae. Its root tuber is very stout and looks similar to ginger. Some people think it is ginger, but it is not. So, what is turmeric? What's the difference with ginger?

What is turmeric?

1. Turmeric is a perennial herb of turmeric family and turmeric family, with a height of 1-1.5 meters, the rhizome is oval or cylindrical, and the color is orange-yellow; the leaves are oblong or oval, and the color is green; in August, the bracts are ovate or oblong, light green, calyx white, Corolla yellowish; the root is stout and the end is enlarged as a tuber root.

2. Turmeric is a widely distributed plant from Taiwan, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Xizang, Sichuan, Guizhou and other provinces and regions. It is widely cultivated in East and Southeast Asia. It likes warm, humid, sunny and abundant rainfall environment, and is afraid of cold, frost, drought and stagnant water. It is generally dug when stems and leaves wither in winter.

3. Turmeric is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, the part of which is its dry rhizome, which is irregular oval, cylindrical or spindle-shaped, often curved; the surface is dark yellow, rough, wrinkled texture and obvious links; the cross section is brown to golden, horny, waxy luster; processed into a thick piece of irregular or quasi-round.

4. Turmeric can be taken internally in decoction, or put into pills or powder, and can also be applied externally; it has the effect of breaking blood stasis, relieving menstruation and relieving pain. the main treatment of chest pain, chest arthralgia, shoulder and arm pain, rheumatism shoulder and arm pain, postpartum stasis abdominal pain, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea, symptoms, fall injury and other symptoms; it should be noted that patients with blood deficiency without qi stagnation and blood stasis should be used cautiously and should be avoided by pregnant women.

What's the difference between turmeric and ginger?

Difference one, different varieties: turmeric is the stout tuber root of turmeric family and turmeric perennial herbs, while ginger is the fresh rhizome of perennial herbs of turmeric family and turmeric genus.

Second, the leaves are different: turmeric leaves are 30-45 (90) cm long and 15-18 cm wide, oblong or oval, while ginger leaves are 15-30 cm long and 2 cm wide, lanceolate to lanceolate.

Third, the flowers are different: turmeric florescence in August, bracts light green, Corolla light yellow, lip light yellow, middle deep yellow; while ginger florescence from June to August, bracts light green, Corolla yellow, lips lavender, with yellow and white spots.

Fourth, the root tuber is different: the turmeric root does not have so many side branches, like the little finger, is long, the color is dark yellow, while the ginger root has many side branches, the color is light yellow will be brownish yellow.

Distinction 5, different uses: turmeric is mainly used as medicine, and the medicinal part is its dry rhizome, while ginger is famous for both medicine and food, and the fresh rhizome, which is the edible part, can be used as seasoning or medicine.

Sixth, the efficacy is different: turmeric is warm, tastes pungent and bitter, and has the effect of breaking blood and relieving dysmenorrhea and relieving dysmenorrhea. it is mainly used for chest and hypochondriac tingling, chest arthralgia, dysmenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, rheumatism, shoulder and arm pain, falling swelling, etc., while raw ginger is mild and pungent, it has the effect of relieving surface cold, relieving vomiting, warming lung and relieving cough, detoxifying cold, cold of spleen and stomach, stomach cold, lung cold cough, detoxification and so on.

Conclusion: turmeric is a perennial herb of turmeric family and turmeric, which is mainly used as medicine, and its dry rhizome is oval or cylindrical, orange-yellow. There is only one word difference between it and ginger, and it is similar in appearance. Here are six ways to distinguish them from each other.