While there is still a need to use modern medicines and drugs, there is a growing interest in finding more ways to treat some illnesses using more natural means. That was certainly the case a long time ago in the past when all the ancient healers had were what they could garner from the natural fauna around them. They certainly had an in depth knowledge of the medicinal properties of many herbs and their herbal preparations were the tools of their trade for a long time. Much of that knowledge may have been lost in the midst of time, but modern research is prompting many to seek answers for many of our present day ills, by harnessing these same health benefits once more. One of these is a herb called turmeric and turmeric use in natural healing has been around for much longer than you think. A close relative of the spice ginger, it originally came from the Indian sub continent some 2,000 years ago where it started being used primarily as a dye to color clothes. It developed other medica