like berberry, being yellow, was supposed to cure the yellow jaundice According to the doctrine of signatures, Nature labels every plant with a mark to show what it is good for Red plants are good for fever, white ones for rigor Hence the red rose is supposed to cure haemorrhage (See Thistles )
It is externally grayish, but internally of a deep, lively yellow or saffron color, and has a slight aromatic smell, and a bitterish, slightly acrid taste
A yellow spice with a warm and mellow flavor, turmeric is related to ginger Turmeric is used in prepared mustard and curry powder, and it's a popular ingredient in Middle Eastern cooking Recipe: Corn Relish
{i} East Indian plant whose aromatic subterranean stem (rhizome) in powdered form is used in several ways (in a seasoning such as curry, a yellow dye, and as a medicine); powdered form of this plant's rhizome; any one of several similar plants
ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant used as seasoning widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye