Curcumae Rhizoma – e zhu

Curcumae Rhizoma – e zhu，Curcuma atractylodes
[Medicinal] The rhizome of the herbaceous plant Curcuma zedoaria Rose. Curcuma aromatica Salisb. or Curcuma kwangsiensis S. Leeet C.F. Liang of the ginger family.
[Nature and flavor and meridians] Bitter, pungent, warm. Enter the liver and spleen meridians.
[Effects] Remove blood stasis, promote menstruation and eliminate symptoms, promote qi and eliminate accumulation.
[Clinical application] 1. Used for blood stasis, amenorrhea, lumps and other symptoms.
The effect of Curcuma atractylodes in breaking blood and removing blood stasis is also relatively strong, and its effect is similar to that of Tripterygium wilfordii, so it is used to treat the above symptoms, and the two medicines are often used in combination.
2. Used for food stagnation and abdominal distension and pain.
Curcumae Rhizoma – e zhu,Curcuma can promote qi and eliminate food accumulation, so that qi can flow smoothly, and pain can be relieved. It is used for overeating, dysfunction of spleen and stomach transportation, resulting in indigestion, abdominal distension and pain, and is often used with Tripterygium wilfordii, malt, hawthorn and other products; if there are symptoms of spleen deficiency and weak qi, it must be used with qi-tonifying and spleen-strengthening drugs.
[Prescription name] Curcuma atractylodes, Curcuma atractylodes (sliced, dried)
[Dos dan penggunaan am] Satu hingga tiga qian, direbus dan diambil.
[Comments] 1. Curcuma atractylodes is bitter and warm, and enters the liver and spleen meridians. It can break blood and remove blood stasis, promote menstruation and eliminate symptoms, promote qi and eliminate accumulation, and can eliminate stagnation and stop distension and pain. It is not suitable for women with excessive menstruation and pregnant women.
2. Curcumae Rhizoma – e zhu,Curcuma atractylodes and Tripterygium wilfordii can both break blood and remove blood stasis, promote qi and eliminate accumulation, so the two medicines are often used together. Zhang Xichun said: “It is close to peaceful in nature, and can be used to treat women’s blood stasis, even if it is as hard as iron and stone, it can be slowly eliminated.” The clinical application is indeed credible. However, he also said: “If the difference between the two medicines is that the power of blood transformation is better than that of curcuma, and the power of curcuma is better than that of curcuma.” The specific application of the syndrome seems difficult to distinguish. Since the two medicines belong to different families, their properties and uses should be different, which seems to require further research.
[Example of prescription] Curcuma powder (“Zhengzhi Zhunsheng”) Curcuma, Chuanxiong, Angelica, Rehmannia, White Peony, Angelica Dahurica. Treat blood and qi stagnation in women, amenorrhea, abdominal distension, and accumulation of symptoms.
This product is the dried rhizome of Curcuma phaeocaulis Val., Curcuma wangsiensis S.G.Lee et C.F.Liang or Curcuma wenyuiin Y.H.Chenet C.Ling, all of the ginger family. The latter is commonly known as “Wen Curcuma”. It is dug up in winter after the stems and leaves wither, washed, steamed or boiled until thoroughly cooked, and then dried in the sun or at low temperature to remove the fibrous roots and impurities.
[Properties]
Curcumae Rhizoma – e zhu,Curcuma phaeocaulis is oval, oblong, conical or long spindle-shaped, with a blunt tip and a blunt base, 2~8cm long and 1.5~4cm in diameter. The surface is grayish yellow to grayish brown, with protruding segments on the upper part, and circular slightly concave fibrous root marks or residual fibrous roots. Some have a row of sunken bud marks and circular lateral rhizome marks on both sides, and some have knife marks. Heavy, solid, gray-brown to blue-brown in cross section, waxy, often with gray-brown powder, cortex and pith are easily separated, endocortex annular brown. Slightly fragrant, slightly bitter and pungent
Guangxi Curcuma: The segments are slightly raised, the cross section is yellow-brown to brown, often with light yellow powder, and the endocortex annular yellow-white.
Wen Curcuma: The cross section is yellow-brown to brown, often with light yellow to yellow-brown powder. Smell fragrant or slightly fragrant.
【Pengenalan】
(1) Cross section of this product: Cork cells are in several rows, sometimes removed. The cortex is scattered with leaf-marked vascular bundles; the endocortex is obvious. The pith is wide, the vascular bundles are externally tough and scattered, and the vascular bundles along the pith sheath are smaller and denser. The thin-walled cells are filled with gelatinized starch granules, and there are cells containing golden oily substances scattered in the parenchyma.
The powder is yellow or brownish yellow. The oil cells are mostly broken, and the diameter of the intact ones is 62~110um, containing yellow oily secretions. Most of the ducts are threaded ducts and ladder-shaped ducts with a diameter of 20~65um. The fiber pores are obvious and the diameter is 15~35um. Most of the starch granules are gelatinized.
(2) Take 0.5g of the powder of this product, put it in a stoppered centrifuge tube, add 10ml of petroleum ether (30~60℃), ultrasonically treat it for 20 minutes, filter it, evaporate the filtrate, and add 1ml of anhydrous ethanol to dissolve the residue as the test solution. Take another reference substance of germerocalin, add anhydrous ethanol to make a solution containing 0.4mg per 1ml, as the reference solution. According to the thin layer chromatography method (General Rule 0502), take 10ul of each of the above two solutions and spot them on the same tridacna G thin layer plate, use petroleum ether (30~60℃)-acetone-ethyl acetate (94:5:1) as the developing agent, develop it, take it out, dry it, spray it with 1% vanillin sulfuric acid solution, and heat it at 105℃ until the spots are clearly colored. In the chromatogram of the test product, spots of the same color appear at the corresponding positions of the chromatogram of the reference product.
[Pemeriksaan]
Absorbance Take 30 mg of the powder of this product, weigh accurately, place in a stoppered conical flask, add 10 ml of chloroform, ultrasonically treat for 40 minutes or soak for 24 hours, filter, transfer the filtrate to a 10 ml volumetric flask, add chloroform to the scale, shake well, and measure according to the UV-visible spectrophotometry (General Rule 0401). The maximum absorption is at a wavelength of 242 nm, and the absorbance shall not be less than 0.45. Water content shall not exceed 14.0% (General Rule 0832 Method 4)
Total ash content shall not exceed 7.0% (General Rule 2302).
Acid-insoluble ash content shall not exceed 2.0% (General Rule 2302)
[Ekstrak]
Measured according to the hot leaching method under the alcohol-soluble extract determination method (General Rule 2201), using dilute ethanol as the solvent, shall not be less than 7.0%.
【Kajian Kandungan】
Determine according to the method for determining volatile oil (General Rule 2204).
This product shall contain no less than 1.5% (ml/g) volatile oil
Kepingan rebusan
【Processing】
Remove impurities from Curcuma, soak briefly, wash, steam until soft, cut into thick slices, and dry.
【Hartanah】
This product is in the form of thick slices that are quasi-circular or oval. The outer skin is grayish yellow or grayish brown, and sometimes there are rings or root hairs. The cut surface is yellowish green, yellowish brown or brownish brown, and the inner cortex has obvious ring patterns, scattered in small “tendons and veins” dots. The odor is slightly fragrant, and the taste is slightly bitter and pungent.
【Kajian Kandungan】
Same as the medicinal material, containing no less than 1.0% (ml/g) volatile oil.
【Pengenalan】
(Except for the cross section)
【Inspection】【Extract】
Sama seperti bahan perubatan.
Vinegar Curcuma Take clean Curcuma, cook it according to the vinegar cooking method (General Rule 0213) until it is thoroughly cooked, take it out, cool it slightly, cut it into thick slices, and dry it. 【Properties】
This product is shaped like a piece of Curcuma zedoaria, with a darker color, horny, and a slight vinegar aroma.
【Penentuan kandungan】
Same as the medicinal material, containing no less than 1.0% (ml/g) of volatile oil.
【Pengenalan】
(Except for the cross section)
【Inspection】【Extract】
Sama seperti bahan perubatan.
【Nature and flavor and meridians)
Spicy, bitter, warm. Enter the liver and spleen meridians.
【Functions and indications】
Promote qi and break blood, eliminate accumulation and relieve pain. Used for scars, blood stasis, amenorrhea, chest pain, heart pain, and food accumulation and distension and pain.
【Usage and dosage】
6~9g.
【Note】
Pregnant women are prohibited from using it.
【Storan】
Put it in a dry place to prevent moths.
Where are the main production areas of Curcuma zedoaria?
The Chinese medicinal material Curcuma zedoaria is mainly produced in Sichuan, Guangxi, Zhejiang and other places.
Where is the main part of Curcuma used as medicine?

The medicinal part of Curcuma:
The Chinese medicinal material Curcuma is the dry rhizome of the ginger family plants Curcuma phaeocaulis VaL., Curcuma kuuangsiensis S.G.Leeetc.F.Liang or Curcuma wenyuin Y.H.Chenetc.Ling. The latter is commonly known as “Wen Curcuma”. Dig it up after the stems and leaves wither in winter, wash it, steam or boil it until it is thoroughly cooked, and remove the fibrous roots and impurities after drying it in the sun or at low temperature.

Characteristics of the medicinal parts of Curcuma:
The Curcuma phaeocaulis is oval, oblong, conical or long spindle-shaped, with a blunt tip and a blunt base, 2~8cm long and 1.5~4cm in diameter. The surface is grayish yellow to grayish brown, with protruding segments on the upper part, and there are round, slightly concave root hairs or residual root hairs. Some have a row of sunken buds and circular lateral rhizome marks on both sides, and some have knife marks. Heavy, solid, grayish brown to blue-brown in cross section, waxy, often with grayish brown powder, cortex and pith are easily separated, and the inner cortex has brown annular pattern.
Slightly fragrant, slightly bitter and spicy. Guangxi Curcuma zedoaria has slightly protruding segments, yellowish brown to brown in cross section, often with light yellow powder, and yellowish white in inner cortex annular pattern.
Wen Curcuma zedoaria has yellowish brown to brown in cross section, often with light yellow to yellowish brown powder. Smell fragrant or slightly fragrant.
How are Curcuma recorded in ancient books?

“Compendium of Materia Medica”: “It can treat women’s blood and qi heart pain, break the habit of cold air, and rub it with wine and vinegar.

“Kaibao Materia Medica”: “It is mainly used for heart and stomach pain, malaria, cholera, cold air, vomiting acid water, detoxification, and indigestion of food and drink. It can also treat women’s blood and qi, and men’s running pig.

“Compendium of Materia Medica”: “It is good at promoting qi, breaking blood and dispersing knots. If husbands, wives, and children have both qi and blood deficiency, weak spleen and stomach without stagnation, using it can damage the true qi, make food more indigestible and the spleen and stomach weaker. Even if there is blood and qi condensation and food stagnation, it should be used together with spleen-strengthening and appetite-stimulating, and qi-replenishing drugs, which will not harm the ears.

Kesan
The Chinese herbal medicine Curcumae Rhizoma – e zhu,Curcuma has the effects of promoting qi and breaking blood, eliminating stagnation and relieving pain.

What are the main effects and clinical applications of Curcumae Rhizoma – e zhu,Curcuma?
Cuzu is used for symptomatic fatigue, lumps, blood stasis, amenorrhea, chest pain, and food stagnation.
Blood stasis and qi stagnation syndrome
Treats symptomatic accumulation, often with Trillium.
Treats dysmenorrhea and amenorrhea, often with Trillium, Angelica, Cyperus, etc.
Treats malarial lumps, can be combined with Bupleurum, Biejia, etc.
Treats chest pain, can be combined with Salvia miltiorrhiza, Chuanxiong, etc.
Treats trauma, stasis Swelling and pain, can be combined with Su Mu, Gu Sui Bu, etc.
Food stagnation and qi stagnation syndrome
It is often combined with costus root.
What other effects does Curcuma have?
The commonly used medicinal diet recipes of Curcuma are as follows
Walnut kernel, Tripterygium wilfordii, Curcuma zedoaria, 10 grams of Angelica sinensis, 30 grams of Salvia miltiorrhiza, 10 grams of Citrus aurantium, pick out impurities, wash, dry in the sun or in the oven, cut into slices or chop, put them in a bowl together, and set aside.
Wash 30 grams of turtle shell, dry it, smash it, put it in a casserole, add water to soak for a while, boil it over high heat, and simmer it over medium heat for 30 minutes. Pour the other 6 medicines in the bowl into the casserole, mix them evenly, add appropriate amount of warm water as needed, boil for 30 minutes, filter with clean gauze, collect the filtered juice and put it in a container. When it is warm, add 30 ml of honey and mix. Mix evenly and serve. Take in the morning and afternoon.
Note: The use of Chinese herbal medicines must be based on syndrome differentiation and treatment. They should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. They should not be used at will, and should not be used at will, let alone listening to Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements.
What are the compound preparations containing Curcuma?
Kaixiong Shunqi Pills
Eliminate stagnation and stagnation, promote qi and relieve pain. It is used for chest and flank distension, stomach pain, belching and nausea, and poor appetite caused by qi stagnation and food stagnation. Liuyu Pills
Soothe depression and widen the chest, smooth qi and eliminate phlegm. Indications: chest and diaphragm distension, liver depression, fullness, and acid swallowing. Chenxiang Huaqi Pills
Regulate qi and soothe the liver, eliminate stagnation and harmonize the stomach. It is used for liver and stomach qi stagnation, abdominal distension and pain, chest fullness, loss of appetite, belching and acid reflux.
Muxiang Fenqi Pills
Widen the chest and eliminate distension, regulate qi and stop vomiting. It is used for chest and diaphragm distension, fullness in both flanks, stomach pain, and noisy fullness caused by liver depression and qi stagnation and spleen and stomach disharmony. , nausea and vomiting, belching and acid regurgitation.
Yunxiang Qufeng Zhitong Tincture
Dispels wind and dampness, promotes blood circulation and relieves pain. Used for rheumatic bone pain, colds and flu, headaches, stomachaches, heart and stomach pain, and frostbite.
Chaihu Shugan Pills
Soothes the liver and regulates qi, relieves swelling and relieves pain. Used for liver qi discomfort, chest tightness, food stagnation, and vomiting of acid water.
Danguixiang Granules
Invigorates qi and warms the stomach, dispels cold and promotes qi, promotes blood circulation and relieves pain. Used for epigastric fullness and pain, poor appetite, noisy belching, and abdominal distension caused by spleen and stomach deficiency and cold, stagnation of blood stasis; chronic atrophic gastritis with the above symptoms.
Modern research progress on Curcuma
This product has multiple pharmacological effects such as antiplatelet aggregation, anticoagulation, improvement of blood rheology, anti-tumor, anti-tissue fibrosis, analgesia, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, and antiviral.
Penggunaan
Curcumae Rhizoma – e zhu,Curcuma has the effects of promoting qi and breaking blood, eliminating accumulation and relieving pain. Generally, Curcuma zedoaria slices are used for both internal and external use.
How to use Curcuma zedoaria correctly?
When decoction of Curcuma zedoaria is taken internally, the common dosage is 6~9g.
When used externally, take an appropriate amount of Curcuma zedoaria, decoct it and wash it; or grind it into powder and apply it.
Through different processing methods, Chinese herbal medicine slices such as Curcuma zedoaria, wine Curcuma zedoaria and vinegar Curcuma zedoaria can be produced. It is mostly used raw to promote qi and relieve pain, and it is suitable to stir-fry with vinegar to break blood and remove blood stasis. Different processing methods have different effects, but the method of use is the same. Please follow the doctor’s advice for specific medication.
Curcuma zedoaria is generally used in decoctions, decoctions are taken, and it can also be made into powder or pills for consumption. However, the use of Chinese herbal medicines must be based on syndrome differentiation and treatment, and should be used under the guidance of professional Chinese medicine practitioners. It should not be used at will, and it is even more forbidden to listen to Chinese medicine prescriptions and advertisements at will.
Common Chinese medicine combinations are as follows:
Curcuma zedoaria with Tripterygium wilfordii: Both can break blood and promote qi, eliminate accumulation and relieve pain. The combination is more effective and can be used for severe blood and food accumulation.
In addition, Curcuma zedoaria can also be soaked in wine. When it is mixed with Chinese medicines such as mistletoe and zelan, it has the effects of dispelling wind and dampness, promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis.
How to prepare Curcuma zedoaria?
Curcumae Rhizoma – e zhu,Curcuma zedoaria
Take the original medicinal materials, remove impurities, separate them into different sizes, soak for 2 to 4 hours, wash, moisten, and cut into thin slices; or soak and wash them, steam them in a steamer until they are steaming, cut into thin slices while hot, dry them, and sieve out the ash.
Vinegar Curcuma zedoaria
Take the clean Curcuma zedoaria and put it in a medicine pot, add rice vinegar and an appropriate amount of clean water to immerse it, and cook it over a low heat until the vinegar juice is absorbed and there is no white core inside. Take it out, let it dry for a while, cut into thick slices, and dry it. For every 100kg of Curcuma zedoaria, use 20kg of rice vinegar.
What drugs should be used with Curcuma zedoaria with special attention?
The combined use of Chinese medicine and Chinese and Western medicine requires syndrome differentiation and individualized clinical treatment.
If you are using other drugs, please consult a doctor before taking the medicine, and inform the doctor of all your diagnosed diseases and the treatment plan you are receiving
Arahan penggunaan
Curcumae Rhizoma – e zhu,Curcuma zedoaria can promote qi and break blood, so it is not suitable for pregnant women with menorrhagia.
What are the precautions when using Curcuma zedoaria?
Pregnant women and those with menorrhagia are prohibited.
It has the disadvantage of consuming qi and hurting blood. Stop taking it as soon as the disease is cured. It is not suitable for long-term use. .
·During the use of the medicine, it is necessary to avoid eating cold, raw and cold food, spicy and greasy food, and avoid smoking and drinking.
·Children: Children should take the medicine under the guidance of a doctor and adult supervision.
This product has a slight fragrance and tastes slightly bitter and spicy. It is better to use it with a solid texture and strong fragrance. Use it raw or with vinegar.
Please keep the medicinal materials properly and do not give your own medicinal materials to others.
Avoid using copper or iron utensils to decoct the medicine. .
How to identify and use Curcuma?
Curcumae Rhizoma – e zhu,Curcuma is pungent, bitter and warm in nature. It enters the liver and spleen meridians. It has the effects of promoting qi and removing blood, eliminating stagnation and relieving pain.
Curcuma is strong in promoting qi and relieving pain, removing blood and removing blood stasis when used raw, and is a blood medicine in qi. It is used for food stagnation, chest and abdominal fullness and pain, vomiting of acid water, etc. Curcuma roasted with vinegar is mainly used for the blood of the liver meridian, and the effect of dispersing blood stasis and relieving pain is enhanced. It is used for bloody abdominal pain, hepatosplenomegaly, blood stasis and amenorrhea, etc. For example, Curcuma Zhuyu Decoction is used to treat hypochondriasis.
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How to use Compound Curcuma Oil Suppository?
Curcumae Rhizoma – e zhu,Compound Curcuma Oil Suppository is a gynecological medicine used to treat candidal vulvovaginitis and trichomoniasis.
Put this product deep into the vagina before going to bed, once a day, 1 capsule at a time, 6 days as a course of treatment.
The difference between the efficacy of Sanleng and Curcuma
Sanleng and Curcuma are both blood-activating and stasis-removing drugs, and both have pungent and bitter properties, and belong to the liver and spleen meridians. Both have the functions of promoting qi and removing blood, eliminating accumulation and relieving pain, and can be used to treat tumor fatigue accumulation caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, heart and abdominal pain, etc. However, Curcumae Rhizoma – e zhu,Curcuma is warm in nature, has strong blood-activating and stasis-removing effects, is good at removing blood and eliminating symptoms, and is mainly used to treat scar accumulation, traumatic injury and other severe blood stasis symptoms. It is an important medicine for treating symptoms and fatigue accumulation. Curcumae Rhizoma – e zhu,Curcuma is cold in nature, good at promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, promoting qi and relieving depression, and is good at treating chest and flank pain caused by liver qi stagnation and blood stasis, chest pain and heart pain, etc.