Magic Medicinal Herb

Nine Reasons to Love This Magical Medicinal Herb

No I’m not talking about the kind you can smoke! I’m referring to the legal bright yellow colored one called Turmeric. Its medicinal value is nearly unsurpassed.

The curcumin from turmeric which is native to India and Southern Asia is used for its curative & protective effect for our body & mind…. Wait, what is the proper word use.. “effect” or “affect”?! In this case…both!

Turmeric has bio-active elements to it.  This means it has an effect on a living organisms even though it’s not a nutrient. Nutrients are essential to sustain life in a body where a bio active compound isn’t essential but it can aid the body to function properly.  The bio-active elements in turmeric are called curcuminoids of which curcumin is the most important. I like to say, “what King Kong is to monkeys… curcumin is to the curcuminoids!” (Sounds like the name of an alien people… the Curcuminoids!)

Anyway, Turmeric is the reason curry has its yellow color which incidentally used to be the way they dyed clothes forever ago. There was a time we didn’t have chemical dyes yet!!??

 

Here’s just 9 (of the many reasons) to love Turmeric/ Curcumin:

• anti-inflammatory
• protects the body against free radical damage
• digestive tonic
• improves action of the liver
• has cholesterol lowering properties
• blood thinning properties
• supports healthy brain cells
• positive effect on blood sugar
• cancer’s enemy

Turmeric has been used to treat arthritis, joint pain, Crohn’s disease, and intestinal issues like: gas, diarrhea, stomach bloating. It’s also been used to treat liver problems, H. Pylori infection, high cholesterol, bronchitis, fibromyalgia and other autoimmune diseases that are systemic in nature (like lupus) as well as those that affect connective tissues (like one of mine diseases).

 

Anti-Inflammatory:

It’s fairly magic as an anti-inflammatory. OK, this is my opinion having had firsthand experience of Curcumin at high doses.  It is not a pain killer but less inflammation can mean less pain. Can I get an AMEN?

 

Blood thinner:

Other benefits include its anti-coagulant effect on the body which keeps the blood thin.

 

Your brain’s military:

For the brain, curcumin goes to work wiping out free radicals that can damage healthy cells. This sounds profoundly promising for my aging brain! lol

 

Cancer’s enemy:

It has proven to be protective against cancer. It turns on natural apoptotic (cell suicide) switches in cancer cells.

 

Blood sugar imbalances:

There have also been studies done with curcumin and blood sugar. Blood sugar imbalances and insulin resistance issues cause huge inflammatory conditions in the body. Elevated blood sugar creates glucose concerns and perpetuates the inflammatory condition. Curcumin modulates blood sugar and improves insulin function. Research on diabetic rats resulted in blood glucose stabilization… that’s pretty promising too.

 

I’ve been taking it now for probably a year. It is one of my daily must haves. Surely its part of the reason I reduced some anti-inflammatory meds. and eliminated a few others. I knew curcumin was curative but it wasn’t until I started taking it at high doses that I saw a difference. I had studied curcumin and various nutritionists & functional doctors told me I was “taking all the right supplements” but I wasn’t really progressing – until I met Dr. Smith. Then I learned the dosages I needed of these nutraceuticals.  I was taking 1 -2 a day when I needed to be taking 6-8. Imagine feeling better, having less pain and really getting solid tips for good health!? Gee isn’t that what you want from a doctor!?  This is what happens when you find a great doctor – a true health care advocate for you! But that’s probably a topic for another blog post.

Got Turmeric?

September 12, 2016

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