English Name : Curcuma
Indonesian Name : Temulawak
Botanical Name : Curcuma xanthorrhiza
Simplisia Name : Curcumae Rhizoma
Botanical Part Used : Rhizome
Specification : –
Test Method : –
Ratio Botanical : 10:01
Indication : Hepatoprotector, appetite

“Curcuma xanthorrhiza, a perennial herb and member of the Zingiberaceae (ginger) family, grows to a height of three to five feet and is cultivated extensively in Asia and other countries with a tropical climate.
Curcuma is used for dyspepsia, particularly feelings of fullness after meals and antimicrobial.
In Indonesia, it has been used for liver and gallbladder complains. Curcuma can also prevent any damages in liver that caused by any toxin. Curcuma also can relieve the damages in liver if the damage has occurred thus curcuma can be used as hepato-protector”

Active Constituens :
cyperone, selinene, cyperene, patchoulenone, sugeonol, kobusone, and isokobusone, sesquiterpene, rotundone