The complexity of our immune system amazes me.. In a related note, I personally take 900mg of Tumeric extract per day. It has decreased by arthritic pain in my shoulders and hips by at least forty percent. I am no longer waking in the night looking for a position that doesn’t hurt. I am considering increasing my tumeric dosage because it has helped so much. It does take a few weeks to have that effect. I was taking a motrin or aleve every night prior to this.
Herbal medicine often does help. Our modern pharmacopoeia is wonderful, I wouldn’t ever want to not have it available as needed, but there are blind spots. Herbal remedies were all that were available to Dr. Luke of the New Testament (when he was not directly using the power of the Son of God).