By  Dr.P.K.Shrivastava  


Anticancerous Drug-Curcuma Longa Haldi(Circuma Longa), A Member Of Ginger Family, Is Well Known Drug In Ayurveda. In Charak Samhita It Is Catagorize Under Lekhniya,Vishaghna And Kushthaghna Mahakashaya. In Sushrut Samhita It Is Catagorize Under Haridradi Group.Bhavprakash Nighantu Described Haldi In Haritkyadi Group.

According Ayurveda,it Is Laghu , Ruksha In Guna,tikta In Rasa, Katu In Vipaka And Ushna In Veerya.It Has Potent Raktashodhak(Purifies The Blood- Means, It Removes All The Foreign Particles , Present In The Blood) Property And Aam Pachak(Improves Metabolic Activity) Activity. Astang Sangraha , An Ayurvedic Text Book,described That Haldi Is Effective In Karkatarbud(Anti Cancerous Effect) .

Nearly All Ayurvedic Text Books Described Its Vat-shamak Effect Due To Ushna Veerya And Useful In Skin Disorders. Chemical Composition;- The Most Effective And Active Ingredient Of Haldi Is Curcumin. It Is A Yellow Pigment.

Pharmacological Action: -
According Modern Researches, Curcumin, The Most Active Ingredient Of Turmeric, Is A Powerful Antioxident Substance. It Has Also Anti- Inflammatory Effect.It Inhibits Production Of The Inflammation –related Enjyme- Cyclo-oxygenase2(Cox-2), Levels Of Which Are Abnormally High In Certain Inflammatory Diseases. Curcumin Seems To Protect Skin During Radiation Therapy.

Anticancerous Effect:-
According The Researches,carried Out By Ohio State University Of Columbus,turmeric Has Demonstrated As Anticancerous Drug In All States Of Tumour Development In Rodents And Showed Potential Effect To Kill Cancer Cells And Prevent Normal Cells From Being Cancerous. Researches Says That Whole Turmeric Ingested Through Diet Is Better For Cancer Prevention Than Isolated Curcumin. Studies On Mice And Humans Have Shown Potential Biological Activity As Turmeric To Prevent Cancer. Through All Researches, It Seems That Turmeric Shows A Lot Of Promise In Delaying The Onset Of Cancer.

Mode Of Action:-
Turmeric Shows Anticancerous Effect Through Probably 2 Ways. Frist, As It Is Believe To Inhibit The Production Of Inflammatory Related Enjyme Cyclo-oxygenase2(cox-2) Levels Of Which Are Abnormally High In Certain Inflammatory Diseases And Cancers, Especially Bowel And Colon Cancer. Secondly, It Inhibits Irreversibly Aminopeptidase N(APN), An Enjyme That Is Responsible For Tumour Invasiveness And Angiogenesis.(blood Vessel Growth). Scientists Have Known That Curcumin Slows The Growth Of New Cancerous Cells. It Was Found To Arrest Angiogenesis. APN Is A Membrane-bound, Zink Dependent Metaloprotenase That Breaks Down Proteins At The Cell Surface And Helps Cancer Cells Invade The Space Of Neighbouring Cells. Curcumin Inhibits The APN Directly And Irreversibly.

======================================================================= Dr. Pradeep Kumar Srivastava B.A.M.S., M.D.(Ayurveda) Is The Reader Of Dravyaguna Department In Sri Baba MastNath Ayurved College , Asthal Bohar, Rohtak(Haryana)-India. He Has Treated The Patients Of Cancer. He Is Very Innovetive And Resultorinted Dr Of The Site. For More Informations Plz Mail At Info@ayurvedic-healings.com