Turmeric: Nature ’s Miracle Root for Disease

My friends Lelir and Westi in Bali don’t like to go to doctors. Nature is their pharmacy. You see, Lelir is a Balian. That means “herbal healer.” And Westi’s plantation is bursting with healing plants.  But one plant stands out above all the others. Lelir uses it to make a daily immune-boosting elixir as well as an anti-aging facial scrub. Balians use it as an antibiotic and for liver support. They boil it with milk and sugar to treat the common cold and allergies. Rural doctors make it into a paste with lime to ease sore joints. They make drinks to treat fevers and stomach pain. They mix it with coconut oil to relieve earaches. In Bali they call this root “kunyit,” but you probably know it as turmeric (Curcuma longa). How does turmeric looks like? Traditional doctors in the West look down on medicinal herbs. They’ve been trained to identify a symptom, then prescribe a drug.  The powerful benefits of turmeric But it’s becoming impossible to ignore turmeric. Science is proving over and over the incredible power of this root. Already there are thousands of published studies on the effects of turmeric on various diseases.  How turmeric works – The health benefits of curcumin Its active ingredient — curcumin — has been shown to more than 600 conditions. And that number keeps going up. Studies show it: reverses memory loss from late-stage Alzheimer’s in just three months1 kills cancer stem cells (t...
Source: Al Sears, MD Natural Remedies - Category: Complementary Medicine Authors: Tags: Natural Cures Source Type: news