Is turmeric the same as ginger?

Curcuma of Zingiberaceae is a perennial herb, with a plant height of 1 ~ 1.5m, developed rhizome, stout roots and enlarged apical roots. Ginger is the fresh rhizome of Zingiber officinale, a perennial herb of Zingiberaceae. Also known as Jianggen, Bailayun, Gouzhuang Finger, Wild Lily, Yan Liang Xiaozi, Fresh Ginger and Honey-baked Ginger. Roots are used as medicine, and fresh or dried products can be used as cooking ingredients or made into pickles and sugar ginger.

Turmeric is a medicine with a long history. As a spice, it is directly added to different foods. In addition, it contains natural curcumin, so it plays an important role in curry powder. In addition, one of the most important functions of turmeric is its powerful antioxidant function, so it can delay skin aging and become a good choice for people in beauty beauty.

Ginger is more used as a material for removing fishy smell and can also be used as medicine, but it is mainly used for appetizing, refreshing and expelling cold. Compared with turmeric, ginger appears more frequently in life. Ginger with different tenderness can be seen in the vegetable market all year round, and there are many forms in life.

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Medicinal value of turmeric;

Turmeric can promote qi circulation, break blood stasis, dredge menstruation and relieve pain. Indications: Abdominal pain, shoulder and arm pain, unbearable heartache, postpartum hemodynia, tinea capitis, irregular menstruation, amenorrhea and traumatic injury. Yellow edible dyes can also be extracted; Curcumin can be used as an analytical chemical reagent.

Curcumin can also reduce the possibility of carcinogenesis of mutants. Curcumin can also inhibit the carcinogenesis of TPA( 12-O- tetradecanoyl phorbol-13- acetate).

When curcumin 10μmol/L was applied locally, the inhibition rate of guanylate decarboxylase activity induced by 5nmol/L TPA reached 9 1%. Curcumin 10μmol/L and TPA- 2nmol/L were applied locally, and the inhibition rate of 3H- thymine embedded in epidermal DNA stimulated by TPA was 49%, which was related to the concentration. Therefore, curcumin can be used as an anticancer agent.

Curcumin has weak bactericidal ability under normal conditions, but under light, microgram curcumin shows strong phototoxic reaction. Gram-negative bacteria are more resistant to the phototoxicity of curcumin than Gram-positive bacteria. This phototoxicity of curcumin can only be produced in the presence of oxygen.

Therefore, curcumin can be used as a photosensitizer in the phototherapy of psoriasis, cancer, bacterial and viral diseases. Curcumin can also play a stable role in photolysis drugs. For example, nifedipine has strong photostability, which can prolong the half-life by 6 times and enhance the curative effect.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-turmeric