Responses from Whole/Natural Prey Suppliers
I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
TURMERIC ROOT
Latin: Curcuma longa
Chinese: Jiang huang / Yu jin
WHAT IT DOES: Turmeric root is bitter in taste and warming in action. It strongly reduces inflammation and mucus in all parts of the body, protects the liver, lungs and intestines, and helps prevent and treat cancer.
RATING: Gold
SAFETY ISSUES: Due to mucin-reducing effects, do not use the concentrated extract (curcumin) or oil in high doses, especially if you have bile duct obstruction, gall stones, or stomach ulcers. Use turmeric as a spice freely.
Turmeric is a common tuberous vegetable spice used all over the world. It stimulates gastric juices, and it is used in Indian households in most vegetable dishes as an anti-food poisoning agent that also reduces mucous formation.
Turmeric root is used externally by TAM doctors to treat skin diseases, and as a plaster to reduce swelling. It is a valuable anti-inflammatory. Modern research has shown it to be a powerful antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-hepatotoxic herb, useful in the treatment of many inflammation-related conditions such as diabetes, hepatitis, arthritis, diarrhea, psoriasis, eczema, asthma and smoking related lung inflammation (Pandey et al., 1996).
Turmeric rhizome is yellow in color and egg-shaped (called jiang huang), with numerous secondary garlic bulb-like projections (called yu jin). TCM doctors report that these two parts have different medicinal properties. Though similar in action, the larger jiang huang is used to invigorate the blood, relieve menstrual cramps, and treat the pain and swelling associated with trauma. The smaller yu jin is cooler in action and used more to break up blood stasis and relieve constrained liver energy with symptoms of internal tension.
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Petra M. Burgmann, DVM on turmeric:
"The antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic properties of turmeric and curcumin are undergoing intense research. Several studies indicate that curcumin can suppress tumor initiation, promotion and metastasis of a number of types of cancer cells. Pharmacologically, curcumin has been found to be fairly safe, with human clinical trials indicating no dose-limiting toxicity when administered at doses up to 10 g/day. All of these studies suggest that curcumin has enormous potential in the prevention and therapy of cancer. Tumeric could be added to any herbal anti-cancer regime at a dose of 100 milligrams a day."
Taken directly from Dr. Petra's article, download here.
II. CHOOSEN THERAPY & DOSING:
Do you have a one gram spoon? If not a trick learned from my favorite TCM doctor is that 1/2 US teaspoon is equal to 1 gram. Just measure it with the spoon, put it on wax paper, and 'cut it' into halves over and over until you have 10 doses like it was ferret cocaine . The rest can go in one of those weekly pill boxes for storage. Slightly too much or too little won't hurt him so you can be not so perfect in cutting it and not worry.
You can dissolve that 1/10 gram in a little warm water and administer as is (good luck with that.), mixed with treat or oil of choice, or hidden in food. Dissolving in warm water and letting sitting for a few minutes is recommended, but not required. Instructions on dissolving from the San Jiu company can be downloaded here. Of course, as I said above, you do not want to dissolve it like that. Just take the amount of extract you need and dissolve in a little warm water covered for 2-3 minutes is probably easiest. It does say to refrigerate the extract packets though.
EXAMPLE DOSING 1
EXAMPLE DOSING 2:
Referring to the Tillotson information above about the 2 different types of turmeric and other related studies, the following plan was outlined for patient 00. Explanation in brief below:
Actually, under TCM they identify two types of turmeric root. They both have slightly different actions. In all my resources, although turmeric is recommended for use in cancer supportive treatment, I can't find a single source that specifies which one. I choose the Yujin form since although both are anti-inflammatories, according to TCM theory, cancer is brought about through (amoung other things) liver stagnation. As you can see from the Tillotson book quote Yu jin works by relieving the liver. Hence the choice of Yu jin form of turmeric over the Jiang huang form.
III. TIMING OF ADMINISTERING HERBAL THERAPIES:
It should be noted that giving herbal medicines 20+ minutes before any food is ingested has been standard operating procedure in over 3000 years of Chinese medicine, even for humans. Of course, in the interest of actually getting them to take it at all, we frequently bow to necessity and mix it with food as in the case of patient 00. At least they are taking it, even with reduced effect. It is always better to not cause anymore stress.
IV. POSSIBLE DRUG INTERACTIONS:
Always double check with your Holistic DVM first, but Minimal.
Check the links on the right in the Complimentary & Supportive Therapies section under the Drug Interactions / Toxic Reactions / Poison Control subheading to research it. And remember to search under the Latin name or Chinese name to make sure you are getting the most accurate information. More links to be added to that section in the future.
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Disclaimer: I am not a DVM. Advice is offered after my own extensive research and/or experience and should be undertaken at your own risk. Consult with your licensed DVM before undertaking any treatment!
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