benefits of turmeric

If you make?homemade soap, adding several teaspoons of turmeric to it will not only dial up its color, but will boost its skin friendly benefits as well.

Many swear by a combination of olive oil and turmeric to deter dandruff and to improve the overall condition of the scalp. Make a mix of turmeric and the oil of your choice (jojoba or coconut oil would be nice), massage into your scalp and leave on for 15 minutes, then shampoo and style as usual.

Use turmeric to create golden?Mehndi, the temporary tattoos made with henna, or to add a?pretty second color to an extant henna tattoo.

turmeric to help reduce sprain swelling and makes the effect of bromelain (an anti inflammatory derived from pineapple enzymes) stronger.?A traditional homeopathic sprain treatment involves making a paste using one part salt and two parts turmeric and enough water to make it spreadable.

Natural remedy aficionados recommend using warmed garlic oil to help push the water out of ears affected by swimming; adding turmeric to the mix is said to help as well.

Turmeric has long used to quell bellies that arent behaving properly. The National Institutes of Health (NIH)?recommends?500 mg of turmeric four times daily to treat an upset stomach.

Turmeric has been used for thousands of years in traditional medicine to treat a variety of ailments, including reduction of inflammation from arthritis.

According to early experimental research at the Medical University Graz in Austria, the curcumin in turmeric may delay liver damage that can eventually lead to cirrhosis.

Turmeric seems to hold much promise for skin treatments, as well as possibly inhibiting certain forms of cancer.

Human?studies of curcumin in cancer prevention and treatment?are in the early stages.