According to media reports, the Valencia Polytechnic University of Technology has found that the extract of turmeric can inhibit the reproduction of the new crown virus. As soon as the news came out, friends around them discussed it, or our Chinese medicine is strong, Western medicine can not solve the problem, was solved by Chinese medicine, and even some people are secretly happy, saying that there is turmeric in the recently drunk Chinese medicine bag, is this "not invaded by poisons"?
Don't be in such a hurry, let's see what this study says!
First, instead of directly letting subjects eat turmeric to observe the effect, the researchers obtained turmeric extract and reached a certain concentration. Turmeric extract was subsequently found to have an inhibitory effect on a protease in the virus (3CLPro), which can reduce the activity and reproductive capacity of the virus. Let's take a look at the definition of the extract:
"Plant extracts are plants as raw materials, through the process of physical and chemical extraction and separation, and obtain and concentrate one or more active ingredients in the plant in a targeted manner."
So, if you want to eat turmeric directly to prevent the new crown or forget it.
Although it does not directly solve the virus problem, but it opens a channel for the study of the new crown virus, there may be new conclusions in the future, and at present it is only a preliminary assessment of the inhibition of the virus by plant extracts, and it cannot be said that eating turmeric can fight the virus.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > what is turmeric? </h1>
Many people know that it is a kind of Chinese medicine, but what does it look like and what it is used for, but do not understand, is it "related" to ginger?
They are really relatives, are ginger, but there are some differences, turmeric color is more yellow, can be added as a pigment in food, such as canned, sausage, marinated meat, etc., curry rice is so yellow, because there is turmeric in it, in addition, it can also be used for pickled foods, baked goods.
The rhizome of the plant turmeric is dug out, washed, steamed, dried and shaved, and the result is medicinal turmeric. "Tang Materia Medica" records that "its sex is spicy, the taste is bitter and warm, it belongs to the liver and spleen meridians, and has the effect of breaking blood and relieving pain through menstruation", which can be used to "cure flatulence and postpartum septic attack on the heart" and "in addition to abdominal qi flatulence, cold gas and food accumulation pain".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="43" > so, from the perspective of modern medicine, what are the effects of turmeric? </h1>
[Gallbladder] - the injection of curcumin into the body of the dog can promote the secretion of bile, thereby improving appetite.
[Uterus] - mice continue to contract excitedly after taking turmeric preparations for 7 hours.
【Blood pressure】——Turmeric extract has a hypotensive effect on anesthetized dogs.
[Bacteria] - has a certain inhibitory effect on skin fungi, and has been experimented on mice.
I believe you have also seen that the role and efficacy of turmeric is currently limited to research, through laboratory research found that it has a certain anti-inflammatory, anti-viral, anti-infective effect, but has not yet been experimented in the human body, so it can not be said that it can be used to prevent and treat the new crown virus.
Over the years, people seem to have discovered the benefits of turmeric and over-deified it, and Indonesians even regarded it as a "miracle" to fight the epidemic, rushing to buy it during the epidemic, which once led to the price of ginger rising several times. It seems that in the face of the epidemic, no matter which country the people are, there will be irrational behavior. Later, the relevant person in charge made it clear that it was not recommended to use herbs to prevent the new crown, and people gradually recovered their sanity.
In fact, it can also be understood that in this case, if you hear that there is a Chinese medicine around you that can "improve immunity and fight viruses", it is inevitable that you will be impulsive, and as soon as this study comes out, people who are unclear are afraid to hold the psychology of "whether it is useful to eat first and then say". In fact, the current research on turmeric is not thorough enough, lack of relevant basis, aside from the extract, how much of the beneficial ingredients in the plant can be absorbed by the human body is still a problem, perhaps even less than 5%, relying on this amount alone to prevent the virus is impossible.
If eating turmeric regularly can prevent the new crown, why is the epidemic in India, which loves curry, out of control? According to media reports, India has now become a real "drug den", worse than the situation in the United States, the expected death toll is more than four million, more than 70% of the people are infected, oxygen supply is insufficient, sanitation is poor, hospital beds are tight, medical resources are scarce, and the task of epidemic prevention can be described as extremely arduous.
Researchers say that turmeric extract can inhibit the virus, and do not say that the Chinese medicine turmeric can fight the new crown pneumonia, the meaning of the two is far from the same, even vaccination is not 100% preventive, let alone the slower onset of Chinese herbal medicine?
However, in ancient times, Chinese herbal medicine was indeed the main means of fighting the epidemic, and it was recorded in the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic, "the people's diseases are limb pain, head pain, fever and internal troubles, dry throat to drink", at that time there was no Western medicine, only Chinese herbal medicine could be used to cure the epidemic, such as Qing plague and poisonous drink, there is a heat detoxification, cool blood detoxification effect, used to alleviate high fever, sweating, dry throat and other heat and evil diseases is very effective.
The new crown epidemic is a matter of global concern, every time a new study will cause heated discussion, I hope that everyone will be rational when discussing, success in the laboratory may not be successful in the human body, do not listen to the wind is the rain randomly take turmeric, may damage the human body. Taking a large amount of it may cause nausea, allergies, diarrhea, vomiting, etc., and people with poor liver and kidney function should not take it, and pregnant women and children should not take it.
Resources:
[1] India is still underestimated! Experts estimate that the death toll is around 4 million, or it has become a "poison nest".International hot spot, 2021-09-26
[2] Curcumin treatment is limited to research. Life Times, 2020-12-16
[3] Yellow ginger, the anti-epidemic "god" product in the hearts of Indonesians. World Wide Web, 2020-04-09
[4] Studies have found that turmeric and mustard can inhibit the reproductive capacity of the new crown virus. Informational message, 2021-09-27