INCI: GAULTHERIA PROCUMBENS LEAF OIL

Turmeric belongs to the ginger family. As with ginger, the rootstock of the plant is primarily used. The actual plants sprout from it. The herbaceous plant, which can grow up to one meter high, has many branches with yellow to orange, cylindrical, aromatic rhizomes (sprouts). Before the spice was used for food, it was known as a natural dye for skin and clothing and as a medicine.

Effect

With a proportion Of 3%, curcumin is the main active ingredient in turmeric. In Ayurveda (Indian healing art) and Chinese medicine, turmeric and its healing effects have been used to care for the skin and heal wounds for thousands of years. Our sports gel also benefits from the blood circulation-promoting, antibacterial and decongestant effects of the tuber.

Studies

Davis, J. M., Murphy, E. A., Carmichael, M. D., Zielinski, M. R., Groschwitz, C. M., Brown, A. S., Gangemi, J. D., Ghaffar, A. & Mayer, E. P. (2007). Curcumin effects on inflammation and performance recovery following eccentric exercise-induced muscle injury. American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, 292(6), R2168–R2173.

Suhett, L. G., de Miranda Monteiro Santos, R., Silveira, B. K. S., Leal, A. C. G., de Brito, A. D. M., de Novaes, J. F. & Lucia, C. M. D. (2020). Effects of curcumin supplementation on sport and physical exercise: a systematic review. Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition, 61(6), 946–958.

Arulmozhi, D. K., Sridhar, N., Veeranjaneyulu, A. & Arora, S. K. (2006). Preliminary Mechanistic Studies on the Smooth Muscle Relaxant Effect of Hydroalcoholic Extract of Curcuma caesia. Journal of Herbal Pharmacotherapy, 6(3-4), 117-124.