Chinese: yu jin

English: curcuma tuber

Pharmaceutical: Curcumae Radix

Properties: Acrid, bitter, cold

Standard Species: Curcuma wenyujin Y.H. Chen & C. Ling, Curcuma longa L., Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G. Lee & C. F. Liang, Curcuma phaeocaulis Valeton