Curcuma root, Yu Jin 郁金

Yu Jin (TCM)
Picture Curcuma aromatica
Roscoe, Monandrian plants of the order Scitamineae, 1854

Picture Whole Roots of Yu Jin (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016)

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Botanical name:


Curcuma spp.:
  1. C. aromatica (syn. C. wenyujin)
  2. C. longa (generally considered best)
  3. C. kwangsiensis
  4. C. phaeocaulis
  5. C. chuanyujin (in Sichuan)
Other species appear to supply the market too.

Parts used:


Tuber

Temperature & Taste:


Cool, dry. Bitter, Pungent

Classifications:


K. Move the Blood

Uses:


1. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis, Relieves Pain:
-pain from Trauma; Bruising
-Chest, Abdomen or Menstrual pain from Blood stagnation
-promotes healing of chronic sores
-“good for treating chronic abdominal pain of a woman” (Zhen Quan)
-“It removes blood stasis and tones the blood at the same time” (Su Gong)

2. Calms the Heart, Opens Obstructions of the Brain:
-anxiety, agitation, mental disorders, emotional constraint
-seizures, convulsions
–“Ancient doctors used the drug to treat a pent-up condition that cannot ascend” (Zhu Zhenheng)

3. Clears Heat, Opens the Liver and Gall Bladder:
-Jaundice, Cholecystitis
-helps clear Gall Stones
-Hepatitis, Cirrhosis, hardness of the Liver

4. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding:
-various forms of Heat-type Bleeding

5. Worms and Parasites:
-traditionally for Gu Du (toxic disease caused by various Parasites)


Dose:


Powder: 1–3 grams
Decoction: 6–12 grams

Substitutes:


… available in PRO version

Preparation:


… available in PRO version
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Main Combinations:


1. Menstrual Pain, Curcuma Yu Jin with Dang Gui and Cyperus rotundus
2. Pain and distention of the hypochondria, Curcuma Yu Jin with … available in PRO version
3. Chest Pain, Angina Pectoris from Blood stagnation:
i. Curcuma Yu Jin with … available in PRO version
ii. Curcuma Yu Jin with … available in PRO version
4. Atherosclerosis, Curcuma Yu Jin with … available in PRO version
5. Blood heat with purplish Maculae or Bleeding, … available in PRO version
6. Vomiting or Spitting Blood, Curcuma Yu Jin powder with … available in PRO version
7. Obstruction of the Sense Organs by Heat and Phlegm, Curcuma Yu Jin with … available in PRO version
8. Mental disorder and Mania, … available in PRO version
9. Seizure disorders, Curcuma Yu Jin with … available in PRO version
10. Gall Bladder inflammation or obstruction, Curcuma Yu Jin with … available in PRO version
11. Cirrhosis of the Liver:
i. Curcuma Yu Jin with … available in PRO version
ii. Curcuma Yu Jin with … available in PRO version
12. Hepatitis:
i. Hepatitis C, Curcuma Yu Jin with … available in PRO version
13. Gu poison (disease caused by parasites), Curcuma Yu Jin with … available in PRO version

Major Formulas:


An Gong Niu Huang Wan
Ping Xiao Capsules
Bo Ying Compound
Shi Xiang Fan Sheng Wan

Cautions:


Use cautiously during pregnancy, avoid full doses.

Main Preparations used: