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Latin pharmacognostic name: Curcumae Radix

Kingdom: Plant

Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: Curcuma longa L. [= Curcuma domestica Veleton]; Curcuma wenyujin Y.H. Chen et C. Ling; Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G. Lee et C.F. Liang; C. Phaecaulis Val. (PRC Pharmacopoeia)

Origin (other sources): Curcuma longa L.* [= C. domestica Veleton]; Curcuma aromatica Salisb.; Curcuma zedoaria (Berg.) Rosc.; Curcuma wenyujin Y.H. Chen et C. Ling*; Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G. Lee et C.F. Liang*; Curcuma phaecaulis Val.*

Use: Medicinal

Category: Blood-quickening stasis-transforming agents / Blood-quickening pain-relieving agents

Properties: Acrid, bitter; cold.

Channel entry: Liver, gallbladder, and heart channels.

Indications:

• Quickens the blood and relieves pain, moves qì and resolves depression: Pain due to qì stagnation and blood stasis.
• Clears the heart and downbears phlegm: Phlegm turbidity or phlegm-heat clouding the orifices of the heart, manifesting in mania and withdrawal, or epilepsy.
• Cools the blood and downbears qì: Frenetic movement of hot blood causing vomiting of blood (blood ejection), nosebleed, inverted menstruation (nosebleed during menstruation), bloody urine, or blood strangury.
• Disinhibits the gallbladder and abates jaundice: Damp-heat jaundice.

Dosage & Method: Oral: 4.5–9g in decoctions; use in pills and powders.

Warnings: Contraindicated in pregnancy.

Quality: The best tubers are hard and yellowish on the inside.

Product Area: Curcuma longa: Sìchuān. Curcuma aromatica: Zhèjiāng.

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