Can turmeric help relieve joint pain?
Turmeric is a great natural solution for joint pain, as well as muscle aches and pains; it also has cancer-fighting properties. In this video, integrative medicine expert Julie Chen, MD, discusses the benefits, warnings and dosages for turmeric.
Transcript
JULIE CHEN: Turmeric is a great option for joint pain, and not just joint pain but muscle aches and pains, things like that, primarily because it
has great anti-inflammatory benefits. [GENTLE MUSIC]
It also has anticancer benefits. It's so great that actually some pharmaceutical drug companies are trying to make a drug out of it.
It's phenomenal. And I would actually say most patients of mine are on it, primarily because it's got such great health
benefit profile to it. What we're really looking for, again, when you're treating pain is to not just get rid of the pain
but to improve your other health parameters as well. Usually what you want to do is use about 1,000 to 1,500
milligrams if you're trying to treat joint pain. But if you want to use it for a systemic health issue,
you want to take it with black pepper or bioparen because it increases absorption. But for people where they have inflammatory bowel disease
or colitis or if you have irritable bowel symptoms, turmeric can help with that. But you want to take it with that the black pepper, because
without the black pepper, it stays in your intestinal tract and helps those gut diseases a little better. [GENTLE MUSIC]
joint health
Browse videos by topic categories
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
ALL