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Curcuma longa - Haridra

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When not used fresh, the rhizomes are boiled for about 30–45 minutes and then dried in hot ovens, after which they are ground into a deep-orange-yellow powder commonly used as a spice in Bangladeshi cuisine, Indian cuisine, Iranian cuisine, Pakistani cuisine and curries, for dyeing, and to impart color to mustard condiments.
== Uses =={{Uses|Wounds}}, {{Uses|Cuts}}, {{Uses|Snakebites}}, {{Uses|Curing liver disorders}}, {{Uses|Skin eruptions}}, {{Uses|Blotches}}, {{Uses|Pimples}}, {{Uses|Diarrhea}}, {{Uses|Sore throats}}<ref name="Uses"/>
In Ayurvedic practices==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Dried Folaige}}, turmeric has been used to treat a variety of internal disorders, such as indigestion, throat infections, common colds, or liver ailments, as well as topically to cleanse wounds or treat skin sores{{Parts Used|Whole herb}}.
Turmeric is considered auspicious and holy in India and has been used in various Hindu ceremonies for millennia. It remains popular in India for wedding and religious ceremonies.==Chemical Composition==The rhizomes contain curcuminoids, curcumin, cyclocurcumin, bisdemethoxycurcumin<ref name="chemical composition"/>
Turmeric has played an important role in Hindu spiritualism. The robes of the Hindu monks were traditionally colored with a yellow dye made of turmeric. Because of its yellow-orange coloring, turmeric was associated with the sun or the Thirumal in the mythology of ancient Tamil religion. Yellow is the color of the solar plexus chakra which in traditional Tamil Siddha medicine is an energy center. Orange is the color of the sacral chakra.==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi=|en=Agrimony}}
The plant is used in Poosai (Tamil) to represent a form of the Tamil Goddess Kottravai. In Eastern India==Properties==Reference: Dravya - Substance, the plant is used as one of the nine components of navapatrika along with young plantain or banana plantRasa - Taste, taro leavesGuna - Qualities, barley (jayanti)Veerya - Potency, wood apple (bilva)Vipaka - Post-digesion effect, pomegranate (darimba)Karma - Pharmacological activity, asoka, manaka or manakochu, and rice paddyPrabhava - Therepeutics. The Navaptrika worship is an important part of Durga festival rituals.<ref name===Dravya==="uses"/>
==Common name=Rasa===
* '''English''' - Turmeric* '''Kannada''' - ಅರಿಶಿನ* '''Hindi''' - Haldi===Guna===
===Veerya=== ===Vipaka=== ===Karma=== ===Prabhava=== ==Habit=={{Habit|Herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|alternate|The leaves are divided into 3-6 toothed leaflets, with smaller leaflets in between}}<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|2-4cm long|yellow, pink or orange|5|Flowering may occur early in the growing season}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|simple|7–10 mm|fruiting time is June and July||many}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'' ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==While preparing the nursery for turmeric production, at the same time we cultivate a green manure crop (Daincha) inthe main field<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tall grasslands}}, {{Commonly seen|meadows}}, {{Commonly seen|Borders of forests and fields}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Odermennig.jpgFile:Agrimonia eupatoria02.jpgImage:Agrimonia eupatoria MHNT.BOT.2004.0.jpg</gallery> == References == <references><ref name="useschemical composition">[http://www.hinduthepharmajournal.com/vol4Issue1/Issue_Mar_2015/4-1-blog18.1.pdf "Chemical constituents"]</ref> <ref name="Leaf">[https://www.plantdelights.com/2008blogs/09articles/nabapatrikacurcuma-orlonga-turmeric-navapatrikaplant-ninezedoaria-leavesginger "Curcuma Morphology"]</ref> <ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[http://practicalplants.html org/wiki/Agrimonia_eupatoria "Nabapatrika or Navapatrika – Nine leaves of plants used during Durga PujaCULTIVATION PRACTICES "]</ref>
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== External Links ==
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turmeric Turmeric-Wikipedia]
[[Category:Herbs]]
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