Can you name one herb that has a healing track record that goes back 6,000 years? There may be more than one, but the one we are talking about in particular is none other than Turmeric.
Turmeric is a plant (Curcuma longa) native to southeast India and is realated to Ginger. Its root can be used fresh but if not, it is usually boiled, dried and then turned into a powder that is used as a spice for flavoring and also as a dye.
Turmeric has been used in Ayurvedic medicine for 6,000 years, and it works great as an antiseptic, anti bcaterial, anti-viral, as well as an anti oxidant. It is used both internally and externally. The active ingredient in this amazing herb is a polyphenol called Curcumin that is found in Turmeric.
Recently, there have been clinical studies done with Turmeric and its possible healing effects on Alzheimers as well as cancer. The following article includes a wonderful in-depth explanation as well as various resources of such as studies being done involving this wonderful herb.
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600 Reasons Turmeric May Be The World’s Most Important Herb
[su_quote cite=”” url=”” class=””]Green Med Info | There is a medicinal spice so timelessly interwoven with the origins of human culture and metabolism, so thoroughly supported by modern scientific inquiry, as to be unparalleled in its proven value to human health and well-being. Indeed, turmeric turns the entire drug-based medical model on its head. Instead of causing far more side effects than […]The post 600 Reasons Turmeric May Be The World’s Most Important Herb appeared first on Higher Perspective.[su_quote]
http://higherperspective.com/2014/06/600-reasons-turmeric-may-worlds-important-herb.html
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Below is a wonderful video describing the finer points of Ayurvedic medicine:
