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Turmeric & Its Healthy Feature

Turmeric is native of China or India. India is the largest grower of turmeric in the world 8%. 92% 0f which is consumed within the country Remaining 8% is exported which brings us 15 to 55 crores of foreign exchange annually

Botanical characters

Perennial herb. Leaves have long petioles & are produced on the underground Rhizome. Which is thick & commercially used. Inflorescence is spike. Pale yellow flowers remain covered with pink coloured bracts.

Uses of Turmeric

1. Mainly consumed as a spice for the preparation of tasty curried dishes.

2. Used to flavour & to colour butter, cheese, pickles, mustard & other food stuffs.

3.  Yields brilliant coloured dye to colour wool, silk, & cotton to impart yellow shade.

4. Turmeric is regarded by Hindu’s as sacred for use in ceremonial & religious functions. A considerable amount of turmeric is converted as Kumkum & used for Tilak.

5.  When boils with warm milk & taken internally it relieves sore throat & common cold.

6.  In small pox turmeric is used as a paste with gingelly oil & neem leaves.

7.  Turmeric is stomachic, carminative, tonic, blood purifier & an antiseptic.

8.  Used to detect boric acid.

9.  Due to anti-inflammatory & antiseptic properties it is used locally along with lime on wounds.

10. Volatile oil of rhizome is used for treatment of cervix cancer.

11. Turmeric is used in a no. of cosmetic preparations such as vanishing creams & other facial products.

12. Smearing of turmeric paste on the face & limbs during a bath is very useful to discourage unwanted hair on the feminine skin, prevention & cure for pimples & promoting the beauty of face.

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