Comments on: Turmeric, Sweet Turmeric

By: Karen Vaughan, L.Ac., Registered Herbalist (AHG)

Karen Vaughan, L.Ac., Registered Herbalist (AHG) — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 19:17:54 +0000

Just mix up the turmeric honey- 9 parts dry turmeric by weight or volume and 1/2 part each of dry ginger and black pepper or pipalli. Mix in enough honey to form a stiff weight- the amount will vary. Take a heaping teaspoonful once or twice a day. Report back and let us know if it works for you.

By: mustafa

mustafa — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:54:50 +0000

hi,
i hav been suffering from multiple lipomas all over my body for the past 10 years i want to try out ur turmeric treatment …kindly can u explain tht in detail …and how many people hav benefited from it..

By: Jared

Jared — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 15:52:47 +0000

Thanks for the honey recipe. That is very useful!

By: Filly

Filly — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:49:59 +0000

Huh… I never knew about the black pepper increasing the bioavailability of turmeric. Good to know! I just mix turmeric powder in water and down it, but it’s most unpleasant. Now I have to add some black pepper, too… *makes face*… maybe I’ll try the honey method! Thanks for posting this!

By: Karen Vaughan, L.Ac., Registered Herbalist (AHG)

Karen Vaughan, L.Ac., Registered Herbalist (AHG) — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 16:58:25 +0000

Yes it would combine with trikatu. 5%-10% black pepper dramatically increases the bioavailability of turmeric.

By: Mulungu

Mulungu — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:37:38 +0000

I had never heard about combining turmeric with black pepper! I wonder what the ideal proportions are. I bet it would combine well with trikatu. Thanks!

By: Sarah Head

Sarah Head — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:34:52 +0000

Great stuff, Karen! Thank you so much for these recipes. I have had one recipe for making turmeric milk where the spice was dry fried before adding to hot milk, but your recipe seems much more palatable. I’ve used turmeric as an anti-inflammatory and now I can try making turmeric honey and the spiced milk as more soothing options.

By: The Medicine Woman’s Roots » The Sweet Medicine Blogparty

The Medicine Woman’s Roots » The Sweet Medicine Blogparty — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:57:20 +0000

[...] Karen Vaughan talks about sweet medicine in her excellent monograph of Turmeric. [...]

By: Christian

Christian — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 14:08:56 +0000

Thanks for sharing! I think I will try the tumeric milk. By the way the common pinyin spelling of tumeric is jiang huang (jiang1 huang4) or huang jiang.