Science Confirms Turmeric as Effective as 14 Drugs

This extensively researched herb has garnered an incredible list of verified therapeutic actions

Turmeric is one the most thoroughly researched plants in the world and a possible cause of sleepless nights for some pharmaceutical company executives. Shutterstock

If ever there were a spice that puts existential fear into the bottom line of pharmaceutical companies, it’s turmeric.

Turmeric is one of the most thoroughly researched plants in existence today. Its medicinal properties and components (primarily curcumin) have been the subject of more than 12,000 peer-reviewed and published biomedical studies.