Project Report on Curcumin & Turmeric Oil From Turmeric [EIRI-1049]

Turmeric  (Curcuma  longa)  is  a native of  Asia  &  India.  The tuberous rhizone or underground steam of turmeric are used   from antiquity  as condiments. A dye and as an aromatic stimulants  in several  medicines. Turmeric is a very important spice in  India, which  produces  nearly the whole  world crop & uses  80%  of  it presently.   It  is cultivated in china, Taiwan, Indonesia,  Sri Lanka,  Australia, Africa, Peru & the West Indies. Turmeric  uses dates  back nearly  4000 years, to the vodic culture  in   India, when  turmeric  was  the  principal spice  &  also  of  religious significance. It is much reversed by thindus &  associated   with fertility.  In  todays India's, turmeric still  added  to  nearly every  dish be it meat or vegetables. Turmeric has been used   in Indian  systems  of medicine for a long time. The   turmeric  has been  used  in  herbal  dating from about  600  BC  and  it  also mentioned by Dioscorides. In malaysia the paste of turmeric    is spread  on the mothers abdomen and on the  umbilical cord   after child Birth. Not only to warm off one spirits,  but also    for its  medicinal  value.  Bath  the East &  West have held its medicinal properties in high regards. Rhizomes are the used plant port.  Fresh  turmeric  leaves  are  used  in  some  regions   of Indonesia  as  flavouring.