Topical turmeric (curcumin)?

shaddow

shaddow

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Anyone know if I can make a topical solution out of turmeric? I've got bursitis in my elbow and I was thinking about trying this out. Any thoughts?
 
Yes i believe turmeric to be about the' single best herb to take....no matter how many times they study it it always proves to be effective from joint-to-cancer. I dont belive there is a tropical and if there was i wouldnt waste my time...take it oraly.
 
I'm already taking it orally, but you're saying you don't think it would have a better localized response if taken topically?
 
Dude you would be so yellow it wouldn't be possible. I spilled it once and it was a total nightmare. Plus, I don't think curcumin is small enough to pass, but I would have to look to be sure.
 
it stains very bad - not sure if this is what you are looking for additionally as bursitus would be deeper in and not as localized for a topical solution.

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LegalGear said:
Dude you would be so yellow it wouldn't be possible. I spilled it once and it was a total nightmare. Plus, I don't think curcumin is small enough to pass, but I would have to look to be sure.
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lol he'd look as if he had contracted a disease...
 
Piperine vastly increases the oral ba of curcumin, I think claims were by 2000%. Also dissolving it in olive oil should help qutie a bit. No point in using it topically or as a transdermal. Most available transdermal formulas result in systematic deliver since they cannot penetrate all layers of the skin and reach target tissues.
 
I made an olive oil suspension out of it once to try to increase it's bioavailability..didn't taste too terrible but man, you couldn't even look at it without staining something.
 
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