“The efficacy of turmeric tea” this statement is not accurate. Turmeric tea as a substitute for tea, generally does not have the efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine, it is recommended that patients with therapeutic needs to go to the hospital in a timely manner. Different brands of turmeric tea on the market is often composed of different, mostly turmeric as the main ingredient. Turmeric is the dried rhizome of turmeric, family Zingiberaceae. Taste pungent, bitter, warm, with the effect of breaking the blood to move Qi, menstruation and pain. Clinically, turmeric is mostly used to treat the stabbing pain in the chest and ribs (a collective term for the chest and rib area) caused by qi stagnation and blood stasis (blood stagnation due to the lack of qi), stomach pain, dysmenorrhea, amenorrhea, postpartum abdominal pain, rheumatism, shoulder and back pain, and bruises, etc. It is also used to treat the pain in the chest and ribs due to the lack of qi. Turmeric is warm in nature and should be used with caution in those with yin deficiency (deficiency of yin essence in the body and hyperactivity of deficiency fire) and solid heat. Pregnant women should be cautious. Turmeric tea is a kind of tea, the role of relatively limited, can not replace the drug treatment. It is recommended to feel the body does not adapt to the hospital in a timely manner, so as not to delay the best time for treatment.