turmeric benefits (Kunyit)

Kunyit or (Curcuma longa Linn.) or Curcuma domestica Val. Familia: Zingiberaceae turmenic (Curcuma domestic) including one of the spices and medicinal plants, native habitat of this plant covers an area of Asia, especially Southeast Asia. These plants then have spread to the Indo-Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia and even Africa. Almost everyone Indonesia and India as well as Asian nations generally have to consume this herb plants, either as a complement cooking, herbal medicine or to maintain health and beauty. Local Name: Saffron (UK), turmeric (Netherlands), Kunyit (Indonesia); Kunir (Java), Koneng (Sunda), Konyet (Madura); Chemical Ingredients: Kunyit contains medicinal compounds, called curcuminoids consisting of curcumin , desmetoksikumin , bisdesmetoksikurkumin and other useful substances.

Kunyit or turmenic one spice plants that have been commonly used, both as a spice in cooking, natural dyes, cosmetics and for treatment. Some chemical constituents of rhizome of Kunyit is known that as many as 6% volatile oil composed of monoterpenes and sesquiterpen compound classes (includes zingiberen, alpha and beta-turmerone), yellow dye called as much as 5% curcuminoids (including curcumin 50-60% , monodesmetoksikurkumin and bidesmetoksikurkumin), protein, phosphorus, potassium, iron and vitamin C. The efficacy of Kunyit in health care, among others: overcoming various types of diseases such as diabetes mellitus, typhoid, appendicitis, dysentery, leucorrhoea, menstruation is not smooth, stomach pains during menstruation, facilitate breastfeeding, tonsils, swollen gums, swollen foot and leg injuries , drug hepatitis, skin diseases, rheumatism, and other properties.

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1. Diabetes mellitus
Ingredients:

• 3 rhizome of turmeric

• 1 / 2 teaspoon salt

How to make :

• two ingredients are boiled with 1 liter of water until boiling, then filtered.

How to use:

• drink 2 times a week 1 / 2 cup.

2. Typhus
Ingredients:

• 2 rhizome turmeric
• 1 weevil sere
• 1 sheet bitter leaf

How to make :

• All ingredients are finely ground and crushed, then add 1 cup cooking water is still warm, and filtered.

How to use:

• drink, and carried out for 1 week in a row

3. Appendix
Ingredients:

• 1 turmeric rhizome
• 1 whole lemon
• 1 slice of coconut sugar / palm
• Salt to taste.

How to make:

• turmeric grated and squeezed lime juice, then mixed with other ingredients and brewing with 1 cup hot water, then filtered.

How to use:

• drink every morning after eating, on a regular basis.

4. Dysentery
Ingredients:

• 1-2 turmeric rhizome
• gambir (Uncaria gambir Roxb)
• and whiting to taste

How to make:

• all the ingredients are boiled with 2 cups water to boil down to 1 cup and then filtered.

How to use:

• drink and be repeated until healed.

5. Leucorrhoea
Ingredients:

• 2 rhizome turmeric
• 1 handful of leaves beluntas (Marsh fleabane)
• 1 handle sour fruit
• 1 slice of coconut sugar / palm.

How to make:

• all the ingredients are boiled with 1 liter of water until boiling, then strain.

How to use:

• drink 1 cup a day.

6. Menstruation is not smooth
Ingredients:

• 2 rhizome turmeric
• 1 / 2 tea spoon coriander
• 1 / 2 tea spoon nutmeg
• 1 / 2 handheld srigading leaf (Cornstalk plant)

How to make:

• all ingredients are finely ground and then boiled with 1 liter of water until boiling, then filtered

How to use:

• drink 1 cup a day.

7. Stomach pains during menstruation
Ingredients:

• 1 of 4 cm turmeric
• 1 of 4 cm ginger
• 1 / 2 by 4 cm rhizome kencur (Kaempferia galanga)

How to make:

• all ingredients are washed and shredded to take water, then added with lemon juice, brewed with 1 / 2 cup hot water and filtered. How to use:

• plus salt and sugar to taste and drink on the first day of menstruation.

8. Streamlining breast milk
Ingredients:

• 1 turmeric rhizome

How to make:

• until finely ground turmeric

How to use:

• applied as a compress around the breasts 1 time every 2 days.

9. chickenpox (Waterproken)
Ingredients:

• 2 rhizome turmeric
• 1 handful of leaves of hyacinth,

How to Make:

• all these ingredients until finely ground

How to use:

• smeared on the taxable chickenpox.

10. Tonsil
Ingredients:

• 1 turmeric rhizome
• 1 whole lemon
• 2 tablespoons honey

How to make:

• Turmeric grated, squeezed oranges to take water, then mixed with honey and 1 / 2 cup warm water, stirring until evenly distributed and screened

How to use:

• drunk regularly 2 days.

11. Mucus feces
Ingredients:

• 1 turmeric rhizome,
• 1 piece of gambier,
• 1 / 4 tablespoons of whiting

How to make:

• all the ingredients are boiled together with 2 cups water to boil down to 1 cup and filtered.

How to use:

• drink 2 times a day 1 / 2 cup, morning and afternoon.

12. measles
Ingredients:

• 1 turmeric rhizome

• 1 dringo bengle

How to make:

• both ingredients together until finely ground

How to use:

• applied to the entire body as a powder