The Tumeric plant is a plant in the Ginger or Zingiberaceae family and is also known as the Rhizomatous Herbaceous Perinnial Plant. This plant is most helpful to humans by having anti-fungal or anti-bacterial properties. These properties help in curing diseases such as cancer, arthritis, and diabetes.
Tumeric (actually turmeric) is usually sold in powdered form and is a light yellowish powder. Check wikipedia if you want to know about the plant it comes from.
tumeric powder is soluble, but tumeric itself isn't
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Cúrcuma
Turmeric root should be found in health food or Indian specialty stores. It is possible to grow the plant from a grocery store-bought root.
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From the Indian spice tumeric
Tumeric is a fairly common spice you should be able to get at most large grocery stores, in the spice section.
Curry powder is based on four spices, Turmeric, Coriander, Cumin and Fenugreek. The rest of the ingredients differ from region and manufacturer. While many of the spices that make curry powder are said to be beneficial to ones health, the main spice in question here would be tumeric. Tumeric is the source of Curcumin, (Which in eastern language is the word for Tumeric), in the west it is a compound extracted from tumeric and is being heavily researched for Alzheimers, Aids and Cancer. Tumeric Has been found to improve memory loss and mental function.
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