What Are the Medicinal Uses of Turmeric?
The turmeric medicinal uses are many. It was one of the staple medicines used in the ancient Ayurvedic practice, which is still alive and well in India and other parts of the world. Its traditional use has been evaluated by modern scientists. They have found that the ancient uses were correct, but they have also learned that there is more to this compound than meets the eye. Ayurvedic practitioners were some of the first to use surgery and they had a good understanding of the workings of the human body, but they were, of course limited by what they could see. There investigations were held back somewhat during a reign that forbid them from performing surgery. But, until that time, they were able to perform autopsies and they understood the functions of many of the organs of the body. They did not understand that the cause of many diseases were microscopic bacteria or viruses. They knew nothing of free radicals or amyloids. We are still limited, to a certain extent, by what we can see.
