What is the health benefits of turmeric?

The main clinical targets of turmeric are the digestive organs. It is used for digestive disorders; to reduce flatus, jaundice, menstrual difficulties, and colic pain. Traditional uses of turmeric include loss of appetite, postprandial feelings of fullness, and liver and gallbladder complaints.

Turmeric is used as an herbal medicine for chronic inflammatory diseases such as chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD), asthma, and rheumatoid arthritis. Conjunctivitis, skin cancer, small pox, chicken pox, wound healing, urinary tract infections, and liver ailments are also being treated with turmeric.