INTRODUCTION
Many Thai people suffer from abdominal
pain due to gastric and duodenal ulcers.
Traditional doctors used pills “Khamin Chan
(Turmeric)” powder mixed with honey to
successfully cure their ailment. Assawapantanakul
(1981, 1990), reported in people such as officers,
monks, teachers and students who ate turmeric
pills were cured. We were interested in proving
the effects of turmeric on epithelial mucosa
of stomach and duodenum of peptic ulcer
patients, whether the healing of the ulcer in
the mucosa by endosopy corresponds to the
disappearance of abdominal pain.
Turmeric is a herb-containing rhizome,
which has an orange yellow color, characteristic
odor and a bitter taste. This herb is propagated
vegetatively through the rhizome. It is easily
grown in the rainy season conditions of May