Back to Traditional Cure: The Strong Healing Power of Turmeric

There have been many proven 'desi' cure  prevalent in villages when there were hardly any medical facility. After living for decades in cities, I can vouchsafe, these  'desi' cure were more potent than modern-day  super-specialists  health facilities, by and large, driven by profit motive. The side-effects of modern cure is so acute that a patient is taken to extreme dependence on medicines. That wasn't the case with our 'desi cure'.  My mother used to rely on turmeric for many of routine health problems. She had learnt some 'desi cures"  from her father, who happened to be the family doctor of the erstwhile princely state. Whenever, we used to hurt ourselves during playing rough and tough games or working on fields, mother used to give us " milk mixed with turmeric ". And believe me, it worked wonderfully. We would be in playing grounds or in fields within minutes. The reason is that turmeric has the most effective healing power.  Many high quality studies have shown that it has major benefits for your body and brain.The turmeric contains curcumin, a substance with powerful anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. It is even effective against virus.In medical science, it is said inflammation is not bad, rather sometimes good for health. It helps the body fight foreign invaders and also has a role in repairing damage. Without inflammation, pathogens like bacteria could easily take over our bodies and kill us.However, chronic inflammation, inappropriately,  works against the body’s own tissues.It is now believed that chronic, low-level inflammation plays a major role in almost every chronic Western disease. This includes heart disease, cancer, metabolic syndrome, Alzheimer’s and various degenerative conditions. Therefore, anything that can help fight chronic inflammation is of potential importance in preventing and even treating these diseases. Curcumin is strongly anti-inflammatory and so powerful that it matches the effectiveness of some anti-inflammatory drugs. Curcumin also blocks NF-kB, a molecule that travels into the nuclei of cells and turns on genes related to inflammation. NF-kB is believed to play a major role in many chronic diseases.Having such great qualities, it turns out why mother desi cure was more effective than the antibiotics or antibacterials. There is another aspect to the effectiveness of curcumin. It firstly, brings out the symptoms to full potential and then kills them. But the antimicrobial used in the treatment and prevention of bacterial infection either kills or inhibits the growth of bacteria. Several antibiotics are also effective against fungi and protozoans, and some are toxic to humans and animals, even when given in therapeutic dosage. And Antibiotics are not effective against viruses such as the common cold or influenza, and may be harmful when taken inappropriately. Some studies also suggest that turmeric if taken with milk regulrly, can prevent cancer from early stage.However, the curcumin content of turmeric is not that high… it’s around 3%, by weight. Most use  turmeric extracts that contain mostly curcumin itself, with dosages usually exceeding 1 gram per day. But, It is difficult to reach these levels just using the turmeric spice in your foods. As such, you need to take an extract that contains significant amounts of curcumin. Unfortunately, curcumin is poorly absorbed into the bloodstream. It helps to consume black pepper with it, which contains piperine-a natural substance that enhances the absorption of curcumin by 2000% .Human body is a perfect machine. If it gets out of order, it can set itself right without medicine, provided it is given a chance to adjust itself. If we are not abstemious in our habits of food etc. or if our mind isagitated by passion, emotion or anxiety, the body cannot eliminate all the refuse and that part which remains non-eliminated turns into toxins whose presence gives rise to symptoms which we call disease. Disease is an exercise of the body to get rid of toxins. And desi cure like turmeric can help us more effectively than antibiotics.