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Turmeric is Being Touted as an Effective Herb to Keep Coronavirus at Bay
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Posted on 03/22/2020 3:13:34 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Turmeric, or curcumin, is being advocated by some medical experts for reducing lung inflammation amid the rising COVID-19 cases in India. The virus is especially known to attack the respiratory system.

Turmeric is being touted as the only way to keep inflammation in your body low so that you have a better chance of fighting the coronavirus infection.

In view of the current COVID-19 epidemic and the panic around it, medical experts have a few suggestions besides washing hands, not being in crowded spaces, etc., on how to boost the immune system and possibly minimize the symptoms as there is no cure for the disease.

Vaccines are at least two years away and there are no drugs on the horizon except Actemra, which is a biological drug that Roche had developed for arthritis.

Simple tricks to boost your immune system during coronavirus may help reduce the severity of the disease. One major thing that happens when you get infected is that one has a “cytokine storm” in the body.

Bad cytokines/hormones, especially IL-6 and TNF, rise that contribute to stress and organ failure during COVID-19 infection.

The pharmaceutical company Roche has dusted off an old drug, Actemra, which was developed for arthritis as it was shown to suppress IL-6. Tocilizumab (Actemra) is in a class of drugs called biologics.

Tocilizumab is a treatment for adults with moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis, giant cell arthritis, and polyarticular and systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Even if this drug is approved for COVID-19, it will cost at least $25,000-30,000 per patient. Nature has effective molecules for lowering IL-6 naturally: turmeric/curcumin, resveratrol and lutein.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: coronavirus; homeopathic; tumeric; virus; wuhan
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To: SamAdams76

I put it in rice, on eggs, in eggplant dishes, on steak and chicken and make my own curry.


41 posted on 03/22/2020 3:41:31 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: nickcarraway

Tumeric is almost like smoking pot...cures everything!


42 posted on 03/22/2020 3:41:54 PM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: nickcarraway

I didn’t like the guy as he was a jerk but hey, anything for a dog.

:)


43 posted on 03/22/2020 3:42:34 PM PDT by Salamander (Living On The Ledge....)
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To: hsmomx3

Good point! I am on my last roll of toilet paper, but plenty of rice, turmeric, and curry.


44 posted on 03/22/2020 3:43:32 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

“Curcumin, the active portion of turmeric, kills cancer stem cells, reduces inflammation, lowers blood sugar, improves artery function almost as much as exercise, etc.”

Also increases your pheromones so be careful. May cause opposite sex to violate the social distancing guidelines.


45 posted on 03/22/2020 3:43:41 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: DouglasKC

https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-662/turmeric


46 posted on 03/22/2020 3:44:18 PM PDT by Salamander (Living On The Ledge....)
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To: nickcarraway

They tout it for everything.


47 posted on 03/22/2020 3:45:32 PM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: nickcarraway

Could be. I don’t have Coronavirus.


48 posted on 03/22/2020 3:46:16 PM PDT by muggs
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To: TexasGator

You can buy it in a jar and not have to bother. with breaking open. capsules.


I have it in capsules and in the seasoning form to add to soups and chili.


49 posted on 03/22/2020 3:47:00 PM PDT by angry elephant (My MAGA cap is from a rally in Washingon state in May 2016)
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To: TexasGator
“ Also increases your pheromones so be careful. May cause opposite sex to violate the social distancing guidelines.”

.....

I can assure you that’s true in my home - and it’s spectacular! 😁

50 posted on 03/22/2020 3:47:15 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: nickcarraway

I take Tumuric and zinc everyday I am double protected!!!


51 posted on 03/22/2020 3:48:26 PM PDT by Trump Girl Kit Cat (Yosemite Sam raising hell)
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To: aMorePerfectUnion

DON’T GO OUTSIDE! Particularly during senior shopping hours.


52 posted on 03/22/2020 3:49:20 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: muggs

curcumin, vitamin D and NAC.


53 posted on 03/22/2020 3:49:56 PM PDT by muggs
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To: TexasGator

Good advice. I have to carry pepper spray as it is...


54 posted on 03/22/2020 3:50:15 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
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To: TexasGator
Turmeric cures cancer, increases your lifespan and improves your sex life.

Wait, what - my sex life? What were you saying again?

55 posted on 03/22/2020 3:53:41 PM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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To: hsmomx3

I’d buy it in capsule form from Costco...there’s a liquid form too but I didn’t care for the taste...pills easier to remember...


56 posted on 03/22/2020 3:54:33 PM PDT by cherry
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To: hsmomx3

I think about 1/4 - 1/2 tsp. Start small and work up. Also supposed to be a good fat burner. I originally heard about it from Joe Rogan and those athletes he has on his podcast.

Please don’t take nutritional advice from anonymous internet doctors.


57 posted on 03/22/2020 3:57:16 PM PDT by Dr. Pritchett
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To: Dr. Pritchett

I don’t and won’t.

I think my daughter used to mix it with cider vinegar.


58 posted on 03/22/2020 3:59:55 PM PDT by hsmomx3
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To: headstamp 2

I have been eating a couple of grams of curcumin (essence of turmeric) a day for years for my arthritis and it is the difference between a wheel chair and vigorous walking. I don’t know about virus protection but it would be nice.


59 posted on 03/22/2020 4:01:15 PM PDT by arthurus ( covfefe gut)
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To: muggs

If we wouldn’t have shut down America, and destroyed our booming economy,we would have probably maybe all been dead by now.


60 posted on 03/22/2020 4:02:12 PM PDT by Leep (Everyday is Trump Day!)
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