Turmeric is the boiled, dried, cleaned and polished rhizomes of Curcuma longa.
Turmeric is used to flavour and colour foodstuffs.
It is a principal ingredient in curry powder.
It is used in the preparation of medicinal oils and ointments.
It is stomachic, carminative, tonic, a blood purifier and an antiseptic.
Used in cosmetics.
Used in skin diseases, dyspepsia, asthma, cough, bronchitis, inflammations, ulcers, worms, skin discolouration.