Have not heard of this one but bumping it up for some one else to come by and comment on it hopefully.
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Brussels
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Curcuma or turmeric, right? Yes, it has many times discussed here.
It is not to be used as a solo herb, like all herbs and drugs for babesia.
It can be hard on the tummy. I think it helped, but it was just one more herb in the big puzzle that is babesia treatment.
It can also be used as anti inflammatory.
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Keebler
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- tick battler,
On Nov. 16, just after our PM exchange, I sent you another PM mentioning five abstracts from Pubmed about Babesia and Curcumin.
But that has not been opened by you. Did you receive it? -
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tick battler
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Thank you all.
Brussels - I'm not sure if it's tumeric...could be, but I need to research further! I really don't know anything about it.
Keebler - yes, thank you! I have not had time to read the links yet; I just thought I'd see if anyone had used it here. I did read your pm via my e-mail but haven't opened it up via lymenet. By the way, how are you able to tell if it has been read?
Thanks,
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Keebler
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- Curcumin is a stronger concentration from Turmeric - an extract of sorts. There are different varieties and each can have similar - or different - properties.
In your profile where it lists PMs received and sent, it tells whether the ones sent have been read.
I did not send links as much as just say that a cross search of "Babesia, Curcumin" at PubMed brought up five abstracts. You can take it from there. They are interesting to read.
Uh . . . Wait . . . two days ago, that was the case. I just checked that and zero come up. I think I saved the abstracts to my file or you can cross search at Google. I have to stop now. -
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Keebler
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- Okay, this is how you have to do the search at PubMed:
I stumbled upon this via Google - also very interesting:
See this list of babesia/herbal research - scroll 3/4 of the way down to see the list of abstracts. Note, though, all these are not all about the same strain of babesia nor the same species of Curcuma.
. . . known as kacōramu in Telugu) is the name for a perennial herb and member of the genus Curcuma Linn., family Zingiberaceae
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Food
The edible root of zedoary has a white interior and a fragrance reminiscent of mango; however, its flavour is more similar to ginger, except with a very bitter aftertaste.
In Indonesia it is ground to a powder and added to curry pastes, whereas in India it tends to be used fresh or in pickling.
Medicinal uses
Zedoary is also used in some traditional eastern medicines where it is reputed to be an aid to digestion, a relief for colic and an agent for purifying the blood. It is also used as an antivenom for the indian cobra [1]. . . .
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