Turmeric is a herb or spice native to Southeast Asia. It later spread to Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, and even Africa. Its roots, called rhizomes, are an important spice used in traditional medicine, health drinks, and as a natural food coloring. Almost everyone in Indonesia, India, and other Asian countries in general has consumed this spice, whether as a cooking spice, herbal medicine, health drink, or medicine to maintain health and beauty.

Grows well in the lowlands 100-2,000 m above sea level, likes loose sandy soil, rainfall 1,000-4,000 mm/year, well-drained, temperature 19-30 °C, pH 6-7, full sun exposure.

• The fibrous roots are light brown.

• The rhizome is cylindrical and thick, with dark yellow, orange-yellow, or reddish-orange bark.

• The pseudostem is erect, rounded, rhizome-like, and yellowish-green.

• The leaves are simple, elongated-lanceolate, with 3-8 leaflets, pinnate veins, even edges, and green.

• The flowers are compound, tubular, emerging between the leaf sheaths. The bracts are pale green, ovate, 3-4 cm long. The small bracts are spiral and densely hairy, forming a pitcher, each containing a yellow-white flower.

• Turmeric plants are propagated vegetatively using rhizomes. Conventional turmeric propagation has the disadvantage of being slow and time-consuming (Goyal et al., 2010).

Anticancer, Antibacterial, Antiviral, Anti-flatulence, Anti-diarrheal,. Anti-inflammatory. Diet, Relieves inflammation, Treats ulcers, Deflates bloating. Eliminates gas, Relieves symptoms of intestinal inflammation, Reduces nausea, menstruation. The curcumin content of turmeric has natural pain relieving properties (analgesic) which works by relaxing uterine contractions that cause stomach cramps, reducing weight. Turmeric curcumin functions to suppress the inflammatory response in body cells, including pancreatic, fat, and muscle cells. This reaction can help reduce insulin resistance, lower blood sugar levels, and cholesterol as well as other metabolic disorders due to excess weight. In the long term, drinking turmeric and tamarind herbal medicine can make weight loss results more optimal, Controlling Blood Sugar.

Curcuminoids (curcumin), demothoxycurcumin, bisdemethoxycurcumin, saponins, essential oils (sesquiterpenes, turmerones, phellandrene, sabinene, borneol, and zingiberene), alkaloids, tannins, sterols.