Review on Curcuma aromatic as an Herbal medicine

Curcuma aromatica is also a familiar Chinese herb used for treating diseases with blood stasis and has been consider as an effective anticancer herb. The rhizomes of Curcuma aromatic are used in original medicine for exterior applications on skin diseases, sprain, bruise, in snake poison, holdup the ageing process, pain relief, protecting against liver diseases and also to enhance complexion. The constituents identified in the oil is alpha-pinene, beta-pinene, camphene, 1,8-cineol, isofurano-germacrene, borneol, isoborneol, beta-curcumene, ar-curcumene, xanthorrhizol, germacrone, camphor, and curzerenone and the constituent in oil was found to differ from place to place. Bioactive compounds, counting 1, 8-cineole, ar-curcumene, ar-turmerone, β-elemene, camphor, curcumol, curdione, germacrone, linalool, xanthorrhizol, and zingiberene, from the essential oil of C. aromatica have been verified to possess anticancer properties. Usually used as an anti- inflammatory agent. It possesses a wide range of activities like Anti –inflammatory, anti-tumor, immunological effects, wound healing, anti -fungal, anti -oxidant, anti - microbial, anti-diabetic, anti-platelet and mosquito repellent activity of wild turmeric. The use of analgesic drugs, such as opiates and NSAIDs, for pain relief has been stagnated as these drugs are reported to have adverse side effects, including addiction and gastrointestinal disorders.