3. Pain
Ayurvedic medicine states that turmeric is a pain reliever, and prescribes it for everyday aches and pains such as headaches and sore muscles, as well as being used by women to aid natural childbirth.
Western doctors speak of patients choosing to use turmeric supplements to both relieve the pain of chronic conditions such as arthritis and for postoperative pain relief and healing. Dr Scott Haig spoke to Time Magazine about the success one of his patients had when he swapped his prescribed pain relief tablets for turmeric supplements.
Dr Haig was so impressed by his patients results that he began using the spice for his personal pain relief too.