Turmeric (Jiang huang)
Modern sources record safety concerns for this herb. Reference information, not a diagnostic or treatment recommendation.
Modern pharmacovigilance sources record hepatotoxicity associated with turmeric (jiang huang) and its extract curcumin. The U.S. NIH LiverTox database reports that highly bioavailable forms of curcumin (for example with piperine or lipid nanoparticles), and also unadulterated ground turmeric and even turmeric teas, have been linked to cases of clinically apparent acute liver injury; that turmeric appears to have become the most common cause of clinically apparent herbal-related liver injury in the United States; and assigns it a likelihood score of A (a well-documented cause of clinically apparent liver injury). This is reference information drawn from modern sources, not a diagnostic or treatment recommendation.
Breaks blood stasis and moves qi to free menstruation and relieve pain, dispels wind, and reduces abscess swelling; especially for wind impediment and shoulder pain.
Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷十四·草部·姜黄·主治（《唐本》）
- functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
- WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
- public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.
传统中医记载：《唐本》载姜黄主心腹结积疰忤、下气破血、除风热、消痈肿，功力烈于郁金；大明谓治癥瘕血块、通月经、治扑损瘀血、止暴风痛冷气；苏颂谓祛邪辟恶、治气胀、产后败血攻心；李时珍治风痹臂痛。
Nature & flavor: 辛、苦，大寒，无毒（《唐本》）；陈藏器谓辛少苦多、性热不冷（云大寒误矣）。·Meridians: 脾（足太阴）
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·芳草类·姜黄（《唐本草》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·姜黄·释名（宝鼎香）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its alternate names.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·姜黄·气味（《唐本》根）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·姜黄·发明（时珍·姜黄兼入脾）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·姜黄·主治（《唐本》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·姜黄·主治（大明·通月经）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·姜黄·主治（苏颂）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·姜黄·主治（时珍）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
- Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷十四·草部·姜黄·主治（大明·通月经·孕慎）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.