Turmeric Essentials
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Common Name (Western)
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Chinese Name (Pin Yin)
Yu Jin, Jiang Huang
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At first glance, the turmeric “root” might be mistaken for a piece of ginger. In fact, one of the Chinese names for turmeric is jiang huang, which translates to “yellow ginger”. Upon cutting, the inside might inspire thoughts of sweet potatoes. But turmeric is in a class all its own, possessing the versatility for culinary, cosmetic, textile and medicinal uses. It simultaneously appears in recipes for curry powder, soap, fabric dye, and pain relief teas.
The use of turmeric in traditional Chinese medicine is slightly confusing because the plant that is actually used is one of seven species of curcuma, some of which are the spice used in Indian cuisine, called turmeric. But as the Director of the Institute for Traditional Medicine, Subhuti Dharmananda, Ph.D. noted, “Some confusion exists surrounding the sources, properties, uses, and common naming of three herbs of the same genus… but the problem is not so great in Southern China and outside of China where the market materials have remained consistent and the reported uses are also relatively consistent… It is possible that source materials vary in China because some doctors do not find it necessary to distinguish these herbs, dismissing the differentiated properties and uses. In fact, the use of substitute herbs in different parts of China is not uncommon and the herbs need not even come from the same genus, or even the same plant family to be used interchangeably.”
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