The Many Health Benefits of Turmeric and Curcumin – A Literature Review
Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a rhizomatic herbaceous plant belonging to the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native to southwest India (also cultivated in Bangladesh, Pakistan, and most of Southeast Asia), where plants are gathered annually for their rhizomes and propagated from some of those same rhizomes in the following season. When not used fresh (like ginger), the rhizomes are … Read more