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