I was first introduced to the magic of turmeric growing up in Southend. As a child whenever my brother played rugby at school he would always come home with a sprained ankle or wrist. When he did my Mum didn't rush to the medicine cupboard to get some painkillers, instead she rushed to her masala box to make some turmeric paste. She would mix turmeric with some water and then heat it up until it became paste like. She would then rub this all over my brothers ankle/wrist and wrap it up in a bandage. My brother would then smell of turmeric for the rest of the evening and then go to school the next day with a yellow ankle/wrist.
But the turmeric paste did its job and healed his sprain. As a natural anti-inflammatory it helped with the swelling and as a natural antiseptic and antibacterial agent it helped with any cuts and bruises he might have had.
Cut to twenty years later, and the American Vegetarian falls off her bike injuring her knee quite badly. We go to the hospital and luckily nothing is broken, all we need to do is rest the leg and keep it raised so the swelling goes down. When we get home the first thing I do is not rush to the sofa and make a contraption with all the pillows so her knee stays raised but rush to my masala box to make some miracle turmeric paste. The swelling goes down rapidly.
Hot milk and turmeric also cured my Mum's asthma. My Mum is in her seventies and developed asthma a few years ago. Earlier this year she began to add turmeric in her nightly cup of hot milk. When she next went to the doctors, he had told her her asthma had gone. She puts this down to the turmeric, and I believe her.
I'm no doctor or nutritional expert but I do know that turmeric is good for you. So if you feel a cold coming on try having a glass of warm milk with a 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric mixed in. It'll work wonders.
Wow, I had no idea that turmeric did so much! Great blog x
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