Curcumin is a yellow dye extracted from the rhizome of turmeric (Curcuma longa). It is a lipophilic phenolic substance that has effects on human health.
Turmeric, which is a source of curcumin contributes to normal digestion, normal liver and joint function.
We would like to inform you that our website can no longer make claims that might give the impression of any medicinal effect of herbs or mushrooms. Current EU legislation prohibits this. Even though traditional Chinese medicine has been around for thousands of years and has been tested on countless patients. At the same time, we must not mention the effects proven by contemporary scientific studies. But we believe in the common sense of our customers. For detailed information about herbs and mushrooms, please search the publicly available sources on the Internet. For example, valuable information can be found at www.tcmencyklopedie.cz.
Sources of information on vital mushrooms:
Martin Powell - Medicinal Mushrooms A Clinical Guide
Pavel Valíček - Mushrooms and their medicinal effects
G.M. Halpren, A.H. Miller - Medicinal Mushrooms Ancient Remedies dor Modern Ailments
G.M. Halpren - Healing Mushrooms
Christopher Hobbs - Medicinal Mushrooms An Ecploration of Tradition, Healing and Culture
Robert Rogers - The Fungal Pharmacy
Vladimir Ando - Pharmacology of Classical Chinese Medicine
Radomir Soch, Alexandr Jegorov - Encyclopedia of Medicinal Mushrooms
Bensky - Materia Medica