Turmeric

Turmeric has been used medicinally in South Asia for over 4,000 years, and now its antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties are being examined to develop treatments for a host of illnesses, from diabetes and cancer to Parkinson's and heart disease. Here Penelope Ody provides an encyclopedic history of turmeric and its therapeutic role. From its cultivation to its traditional use in Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine to its centrality to the Asian diet (along with a wide range of recipes, as Ody is always aware that it is as a spice that most people will consume turmeric). Turmeric has been a traditional herbal remedy for centuries and this book investigates its suitability for 21st-century stresses, separating the hysteria about its benefits from a realistic evaluation into how it can help to improve every reader's health.