Turmeric .... Do you use it? ....

[Raen]

I do cook with turmeric pretty often (along with Indian food, it's also good in Mexican food) but haven't tried it for medicinal purposes, just because neither my husband or I have joint problems. However, there is significant anecdotal evidence that it helps with arthritis pain and inflammation, and if I or my dogs were having trouble in those areas I'd give it a shot.

I'm linking to some turmeric capsules on iherb.com, just because they have a lot of reviews that you might want to read, and could be a good source if anyone wants to try this. I've had great luck ordering from them in the past, and their shipping is very reasonable (usually free).

 

[scbatz33]

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Interesting, Did the horse respond? If so how quickly, how could you tell?

Joe

The horses were already on it before I started working so I don't know what they were like prior. I know in the dogs, they seemed less arthritic and stiff after about a week of feeding the herbs. Maybe it was real, maybe not, but it sure seemed that they did better on it.

 

[scbatz33]

Futher, let me say, I am not a big herbalist. But I have seen what "modern" medicine can do to a body. The dog we put on the herbs was put on it to help extend his life. His kidneys were failing him and we were grasping for anything that would ease his pain and give him some quality of life. We refused to keep him drugged up on pain meds. The herbs in combination of a raw diet of chicken gave him 6 more months of life. He was in less pain and seemed happier/younger than he had in the year previous. We did have to put him down, but the extra time he had was good time. More so than he would have had on the meds the vet wanted him to be on and that is all the "evidence" I need.

 

[knjinnm]

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I have a friend who switched her Akita's to a raw chicken diet and was amazed how the texture of their coats responded to the diet. She also gave them steamed greens and carrots with the chopped raw chicken. I will tell her about your experience with Turmeric.


Joe

 

[peepacheep]

I have been trying to track down the amount of turmeric in the capsules the vet recommended years ago. She's now retired so ran into a dead end that route. The book 'New Choices in Natural Healing for Dogs and Cats' by Amy Shojai has a brief reference about turmeric. It says for capsules or tinctures from a health food store use 1/4 of a human dose for pets under 20 pounds. Pets 20-49 pounds can have 1/2 the human dose and pets 50-80 pound can take 3/4 the recommended dose. It does not give what the average human dosage is in the prepared form. In 'Herbs for Pets' by Greg Tilford there was a great list similar to Kathy's for what turmeric is good for but no dose info. There was some info on conditions that turmeric should not given, such as cases of bile duct blockages and gall stones.