600 Reasons Turmeric May Be The World's Most Important Herb
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 therapeutic
ones, as is the case for most patented pharmaceutical medications,
turmeric possesses hundreds of potential side benefits, having been empirically demonstrated to positively modulate over 160 different physiological pathways in the mammalian body.
While
no food or herb is right for everyone, and everything has the potential
for unintended, adverse side effects, turmeric is truly unique in its
exceptionally high margin of safety vis-à-vis the drugs it has been
compared with, e.g. hydrocortisone, ibuprofen, chemotherapy agents.
Furthermore, nothing within the modern-day pharmaceutical armamentarium
comes even remotely close to turmeric's 6,000 year track record of safe
use in Ayurvedic medicine.[1]
