Anti-epidemic hot》Health care holy product turmeric anti-inflammatory burst red, spring purple yellow effect is different, curcumin is not the only key

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The epidemic situation of COVID-19 (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) continues to heat up, and how to enhance immunity is of great concern. Turmeric, which has anti-cancer and anti-inflammatory effects, has recently received great attention because of its epidemic prevention potential. Turmeric has the characteristics of "homology of medicine and food". It can be used in curry, fried rice, and so on, and it is also one of the medicines prescribed in traditional Chinese medicine. However, there are many varieties of turmeric, including yellow, red orange, purple and other colors. The efficacy of turmeric grown in different seasons is also different. Let's get to know the members of the turmeric family.

In Mingjian Township of Nantou, turmeric harvested from intercropping with dragon fruit (photo _ Lin Yijun) is native to India and has taken root in Taiwan for more than 200 years.

Curry essential element "turmeric" has become a hot keyword on the Internet in recent years. After the outbreak of pneumonia in Wuhan, the search times of "turmeric" and "curcumin" on google have more than doubled. At present, more than 36,000 related literatures have been accumulated around the world, which shows that turmeric's health effect has been concerned.

Turmeric is a relative of turmeric, which also belongs to the turmeric family. Turmeric belongs to the turmeric family. There are 134 species of turmeric under the genus turmeric, which are edible, medicinal, spices, dyes or ornamental. Turmeric, native to southeastern India, is a perennial herb, suitable for growing in places with sufficient sunshine and rainfall and a hot and humid climate. At present, the main producing areas in the world are India and Southeast Asia, among which India has the largest total output and export volume in the world.

Up to now, turmeric has been recorded and used for thousands of years. Turmeric has been grown in Taiwan for more than 200 years, dating back to the Japanese occupation period. At that time, during World War II, Japan could not purchase Indian turmeric. Therefore, turmeric was introduced to Taiwan for cultivation and supply.

Spring turmeric flowering after Qingming Festival (Photography _ Lin Yijun) Paper points out that curcumin has anti-cancer effect, while Indonesian study can inhibit viral activity.

Curcumin, turmeric flavonoids, essential oils and minerals in turmeric have been proved to have anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant health functions in many foreign literatures. There are more than 200 papers on turmeric in Taiwan, of which 69 are about the anticancer effect of curcumin. Curcumin can induce autophagy and apoptosis of cancer cells and inhibit the formation of cancer cells.

Dr. Xie Ruiyu, an assistant professor at China Medical University who has studied turmeric in China for more than a decade, said that a recent study by the Indonesian Medical College (Khaerunnisa et al., 2020 politics Utomo et al., 2020) found that curcumin had obvious inhibitory activity against Wuhan pneumonia virus, making turmeric a hot topic during epidemic prevention.

Turmeric in traditional Chinese Medicine: promoting Blood Circulation, removing Blood stasis, promoting Qi and relieving pain

Huang Zehong, chairman of the National Federation of traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Association of the Republic of China, explains that the ancients used turmeric to improve blood circulation. Turmeric had the functions of promoting blood circulation, removing blood stasis, promoting qi, promoting menstruation, and relieving pain. "activating blood circulation" refers to the function of helping dilate blood vessels.

Huang Zehong said that the use of turmeric is now quite popular all over the world, ranging from curry and fried rice in food to traditional Chinese and western medicine. "I often prescribe turmeric to patients, and a number of related literatures around the world have confirmed that turmeric has anti-inflammatory properties."

Huang Zehong explained that at present, there are two common ways to use turmeric in traditional Chinese medicine, namely, traditional Chinese medicine and scientific traditional Chinese medicine. Scientific traditional Chinese medicine is measured in grams, and attention should be paid to the dose and the patient's physical condition. "some stroke patients take anticoagulants." eating turmeric may lead to the risk of excessive blood circulation and bleeding. " He added that it is not a big problem for normal people to eat unless they eat more than one jin of turmeric powder a day.

Turmeric is also known as "Yujin". Autumn turmeric contains the highest content of curcumin.

Turmeric is known as turmeric in Japan. Dr. Xie Ruiyu, an assistant professor at China Medical University who has studied turmeric in China for more than a decade, said that turmeric can be divided into spring turmeric (spring turmeric), autumn turmeric (autumn turmeric) and purple turmeric (purple turmeric) according to its flowering season. Spring turmeric blossoms in spring, autumn turmeric blossoms in autumn, and purple turmeric also blossoms in spring, but because the rhizome is lavender. So it is called purple turmeric.

Wu Yongpei, an associate researcher at Chiayi Branch of the Agricultural examination Institute, who has studied turmeric for more than eight years, said that generally speaking, there is about 0.5g curcumin (0.5%) per 100g turmeric, but the appearance, color and content of curcumin vary from species to species. "the content of curcumin in autumn turmeric is higher than that in spring turmeric."

Research analysis showed that compared with the common curcumin, the content of curcumin in autumn turmeric was higher, about 150-5800mg curcumin (0.15-5.8%) per 100g, followed by spring turmeric, about 62mg curcumin per 100g (less than 0.1%). The last is purple turmeric, with 10mg curcumin per 100g (less than 0.1%).

Different turmeric, from left to right are: turmeric, purple turmeric, spring turmeric, mango turmeric, red turmeric, turmeric, autumn turmeric, bunched bone turmeric (photo _ Lin Yijun) Spring turmeric, purple turmeric and medicinal turmeric also have health effects.

In addition to the above common turmeric, red turmeric, bundled bone turmeric and royal gold turmeric can also be seen in China recently. Xie Ruiyu explained that according to the research data, red turmeric is a kind of autumn turmeric, belonging to Indian turmeric, the difference is that the content of curcumin is higher than 4.5%. The cross section of the rhizome is darker, showing orange, so it is called red turmeric.

Bundled turmeric is called medicinal turmeric in Indonesia. European Pharmacopoeia and international journals show that turmeric is also known as Java turmeric, but its growth time is similar to that of spring turmeric, and its internal curcumin content is about 1-1.5%. Turmeric, also known as Okinawa Huangjin, is very popular in Japan, but its curcumin content is only 0.3%.

The health effect of turmeric lies not only in the content of curcumin. Xie Ruiyu points out that spring turmeric, purple turmeric and medicinal turmeric with lower curcumin content have curcumone and curcumol that autumn turmeric does not have. International medical research shows that it also has the functions of promoting metabolism, anti-inflammation, protecting liver and improving spleen and stomach, as well as health care effect.