Steinmetz:Curcuma

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Curcuma angustifolia (and other species)

Also known as (or relevant to) Curcuma angustifolia (and other species) Family Zingiberaceae English Names Curcuma Bombay Arrowroot Malabar Arrowroot East-Indian Arrowroot Natural Habitat India Indonesia Part(s) Used Amylum Curcumae

Constituent(s) starch gum fat sugar Action cooling demulcent nutritive utilized for the preparation of a sort of arrowroot

Curcuma aromatica

Also known as (or relevant to) Curcuma aromatica Family Zingiberaceae English Names Wild Turmeric Yellow Zedoary Natural Habitat India Part(s) Used Radix

Action stimulant tonic carminative aromatic

Curcuma domestica

Also known as (or relevant to) Curcuma domestica Family Zingiberaceae English Names Curcuma Natural Habitat Indonesia Part(s) Used Rhizoma Curcumae xanthorrhizae javanicae

Constituent(s) essential oil curcumin (colouring matter) bitter principle starch Action cholagogue dyeing material. It is a specific in liver- and gall diseases

Curcuma longa

Also known as (or relevant to) Curcuma longa Family Zingiberaceae English Names Turmeric Natural Habitat Southern Asia Southern China India (especially Bengal Madras) Indonesia Part(s) Used Rhizoma Curcumae longae

Constituent(s) essential oil curcumin (yellow colouring matter) gum fatty oil starch bitter principle resin Action stimulant tonic cholagogue aromatic carminative dyeing material used in preparing curry

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Curcuma zedoaria

Also known as (or relevant to) Curcuma zedoaria Family Zingiberaceae English Names Zedoary Round Turmeric Natural Habitat India Indonesia Malaya Ceylon Cochin-China Part(s) Used Rhizoma Zedoariae Oleum Zedoariae

Constituent(s) essential oil resin fat sugar starch acids albuminoids Action carminative stomachic stimulant aromatic expectorant demulcent diuretic

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book