Turmeric (Curcuma longa )has been used for millennia, for cooking and healing. It was first cultivated in India and Indonesia and has been used in Indian dishes for millennia. It has also been used medicinally and for religious practices.
Today we can walk into any store and find turmeric supplements on the shelves for use as a healing substance.
It has been used to treat pain, stomach, and liver ailments. It is used for skin conditions like eczema, skin rashes and healing sores. Turmeric is view as a sacred substance throughout Indian culture and is an important part of Ayurvedic medicine.
The curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric, is an analgesic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antispasmodic, carminative, digestive, diuretic, stimulant, antifungal and cardiovascular reinforcement.
Turmeric has many health benefits, such as:
- Warms and strengthens the body
- Cleans the blood and ensures proper metabolism by correcting excesses and deficiencies of the body
- Reduces flatulence, strengthens liver and gallbladder
- Stimulates appetite and provides relief from cough, asthma, fever and colds
- Treats menstrual pain and hemorrhoids
- It balances Vata, Pitta, and Kapha (Ayurvedic Dosha Constitution)
- Treats hives, allegries that cause itching, cysts or eczema. Improves complexion
- Cancer patients use turmeric to reduce the side effects of chemotherapy
- Get rid of intestinal worms
- reducing whole body inflammation
- healing the gut
- detoxifying from heavy metals in those with autoimmunity and Hashimoto’s. .
I started taking turmeric as part of my daily regiment when I found out I had Hashimoto’s. It was instrumental as a heavy metal detox and an anti-inflammatory.
Those of us with Hashimoto’s often experience inflammation. I’ve found as time passed; I experienced less inflammation. I think that’s because when I changed my diet and lifestyle, I healed my thyroid.
I’m not saying this is something that will happen for everyone. We are all different. Our situations are different. When I was diagnosed with Hashimoto’s, I immediately changed my diet, did a heavy metal detox, and altered my lifestyle to include meditation and simple exercise. I never began a regiment of pharmaceuticals.
Those who have been on medication have that extra step to consider. Getting off the pharmaceuticals. That is part of the detox. I want to remind you that you must not stop taking your medication. Whatever you do to change your situation, do it under the supervision of your doctor.