Tumeric- Spice used in India for pain

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dedegb
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Tumeric- Spice used in India for pain

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I am new to this board so please bear with me. I am a 67 yr old female that has had restless leg as long as I can remember. When I was growing up I took so many aspirns that I messed my stomach up can't take them any more.I would take 2 aspirns at bedtime and most of the time wake around 3:00 am hurting and take a couple more.They called it growing pains then.
I have rls/plm, neuropathy, varicose veins that cause rls, had 2 back surgeries that make the rls worse. I take quite a bit of meds. Requip XL 2mg,neurontin 1600mg,vicodin and my pain was still so bad at times that I might not sleep for 3-4 nights, just a walking zombie. One miserable night I was searching the internet for help as I had done many times. This time I found many,many sites on Turmeric a spice you probally have in your kitchen that is used in India for pain and many other health problems. The next day I went to Walgreens and bought some in capsule form. I bought a bottle of 500mg. and take 2 a day. It takes a while to get into your system but just give it time. It has made a believer out of me maybe it is just a coincidence but my legs have not hurt me, at all. I can actually do what ever I want to without pain. It has been so wonderful. It is worth a try maybe it will help you.

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My wife has been taking tumeric for over a year and finds it helpful for other things as well. Great news for your pain!

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Trustworthy information on tumeric:
http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/turmeric-000277.htm

dedegb, how long have you been taking tumeric? Are you still taking your other meds as well?
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rthom
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thanks that was really informative! very good and has maybe fixed a problem here. :mrgreen:

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Turmeric (and other such spices, including cinnamon) also lower blood sugar levels. Definitely worth adding to your regimen. Do be careful. I took cinnamon capsules for a few months and now have continual heartburn.....
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my wife has been having really bad weak spells, she uses 4mg a day of tumeric and also cinnamon and a couple other spices (about 10 time dose) so maybe this has a part in her weak spells--(she has re-active hypoglycemia), her bp does drop as well but I suspect as this is a new ting it is being worsened by the tumeric (she's been at it well over a year)
Thanks to you both

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ah ha! Glad it helped.
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