TURMERIC (kunir/kunyit)

Turmeric (Curcuma longa Linn. Syn. Curcuma domestica Val.) Including one of the spices and medicinal plants native to 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. Turmeric is a spice commonly used in cooking in Asian countries. Turmeric is often used in dishes like curry, and also used to give a yellow color in the dish. Pharmaceutical products made from raw turmeric, can compete with a variety of drug patents, for example, to inflammation of the joints (arthritis-rheumatoid) or osteo-arthritis deklofenak contain active sodium, piroxicam, and phenyl butason with a relatively expensive price or food supplements (vitamins-plus) in capsule form. Product ingredients so of turmeric extracts in the form of a dietary supplement in capsule form (Vitamin-plus) market and the industry has flourished. Food supplements made from raw materials turmeric extract with additives Vitamin B1, B2, B6, B12, Vitamin E, Lecithin, Amprotab, Mg-stearate, Nepagin and Kolidon 90. Usage: root tubers that more than one year old used as ubat (root tuber is cool, clean, particularly affecting the abdomen in the stomach, stimulate, release overage gas in the intestines, stop bleeding and prevent blood clotting) other than that is also used as an ingredient in cooking. Turmeric is also used as an anti-itch and anti-spasm and reduce swelling of mucous membranes of the mouth. Turmeric juice consumed in the form called filtrate, is also taken as extracts or used as a salve for mengubati swelling. Turmeric is also efficacious to cure a stuffy nose, how to burn the turmeric and inhale

Turmeric can be used to cure some issues related to irregularities in the kidneys work, especially in the miraculous cases that are marked with an unpleasant body odor, and eyes that are not resistant to light, the use of turmeric is very effective, that is by drinking a glass of juice turmeric ( dumped the waste), for 2 consecutive weeks.

A simple way is:
1. Take a handful of turmeric, then peeled
2. Grate or juice in a blender (plain water added to taste)
3. Bring to a boil 2-3 times (usually marked by expansion)
4. Add a little salt (tip of a spoon)
5. Strain / Squeeze
6. Pour the lime juice (1-3 seeds, to taste)
7. Add sugar or honey
8. Drinking (better in warm)

Should not drink after, at 17:00 pm.
It is also very effective to cure the flu / fever in pregnant mothers (not necessarily done every day, usually 1-2 days was able to recover), so avoid the use of chemical drugs that can be harmful to the fetus.
When consumed by pregnant women, believed to be clean babies born of fats that are often attached / covered the baby's body.

The use of turmeric instant, should not be done for treatment (especially for pregnant mothers), because there are content-content that may be harmful to the womb.
Type of herb plants are not foreign in the eyes ibu2 especially fond of cooking, or koneng Kunir or turmeric, commonly using that as a natural dye, especially at certain even2 in making yellow rice, cone or as a yellow dye-making know, it is still a lot of benefits and Other properties of this plant.

Habits before cutting the cord midwives newborn epidermis, clean knife to use turmeric in a way has been rubbed, which now replaced the function with 65-80% alcohol solution. The point is that the cutting blades are contained bacteria or other micro bodies that cause infections, will be eliminated with turmeric rhizome or alcohol solution. component of turmeric rhizome has the ability to inhibit or kill microbes, the same as alcohol-based solution.

The presence of slices, powder or turmeric extract in food or beverages are intended to:
1. Preservatives, because turmeric can inhibit / kill bacteria or other body causes decay, producing the odor   and so forth, so for a few days food will be safe.
2. Penhilang taste fishy (Sunda: hanyir) example of the fish, and

3. Enhancing the value of organoleptic (taste, aroma, and color) so it is more delicious food, better and more interesting.

Content of components in the rhizome of turmeric in general are: essential oils (about 3%), containing furmerol, cineol, zingiberin, borneol, karvon and kurkumon curcumin. with senyawa2 should not be surprised if turmeric has a medicinal capacity, to:
1. Outside medicine, such as for smallpox, drug injuries, eczema up to the drug otorrhoea (ear pus). as well as an inhaler in the form of steam godogan turmeric rhizome, which can cure inflammation of the lining the nose or flu or blockage of the nostrils.
2. Drugs in, drunk in the form of water godogannya, such as for diuretikum (expedite the flow of urine), diarrhea medication, and appetite enhancer, even for ulcer disease, abdominal bloating to hypertension (high blood pressure).
3. As an antiseptic to sterilize the knife cutting the rope ari newborns.
4. As a tonic, to memulihkn and increasing body of work due to illness or old age.