Turmeric! an alternative cancer treatment

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Turmeric is also known as Indian saffron, jiang huang, haridra and haldi. It is a spice grown in many Asian countries. It belongs to the ginger family and is a main ingredient of curry powder.

The main active ingredient in turmeric is curcumin or diferuloyl methane. Laboratory studies have shown curcumin has anti cancer effects on cancer cells.

Research has shown lower rates of certain cancers in countries where people eat more curcumin. This is at curcumin levels of about 100mg to 200mg a day over long periods of time.

A few laboratory studies on cancer cells have shown that curcumin has anti cancer effects. It seems to be able to kill cancer cells and prevent more from growing. It has the best effects on breast cancer, bowel cancer, stomach cancer and skin cancer cells.

At the moment there is no clear evidence in humans to show that turmeric or curcumin can prevent or treat cancer.

Journal of Traditional Medicine & Clinical Naturopathy covenants with Traditional and herbalist way of preventing or treating a disease. Additionally its wide as well as focused scope encompasses modern evidence based clinical research. In this wide world country specific regional specific remedies exist, some are very popular and effective 

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Hong Shang