O uso de cúrcuma longa em tratamentos dermatológicos: revisão da literatura

Resumo (EN)

Turmeric is widely known for its culinary use and its use in aesthetics. Curcumin, an antioxidant in turmeric, has properties that directly impact skin regeneration and wound healing. In this sense, this study has as general objective to present the Turmeric and the benefits of its consumption. Thus, the specific objectives will be to present turmeric as a product, point out the different forms of its oral con-sumption and finally, describe the benefits of its composition for the human body, especially for your skin. For the development of this study, the method of literature review was chosen. It is concluded that the intake of Turmeric needs to be widely studied and dissemi-nated, since its benefits come from its composition, mainly from curcumin. It should not be ignored that its ingestion causes extremely better results and effects than its topical use, and the closer to natural, far from industrialization, the more concentrated the product will be. Finally, the present research does not exhaust the subject matter, therefore, it is suggested to carry out a new study, where the differences in results and benefits between oral consumption and topical consumption in a group of people are evaluated, in order to produce evidence on its effects and benefits.