Turmeric Treatment for MRSA

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Posted by Kevin (Bellevue, Washington, USA) on 04/25/2007
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Turmeric cured MRSA; borax is a dangerous suggestion. You say toe-may-toe; I say ta-ma-toe. I did not realize until a couple of days ago that I was using the less common form, "tumeric". I wanted to follow-up my first post to confirm the final results. The jury is in; tumeric eats MRSA's lunch, at least in my case. My boil is healed. I can kiss my kid again! I finally bought actual measuring spoons and found that the dose of tumeric that I was using was approximately 2.5 teaspoons per, so I was getting between ~5 to ~7.5 teaspoons a day. Not sure how far into overkill that is, but it exceeds the suggested remedy here in "Recipe #1" by something more than double. But hey, it worked. The reported success rate is even better than you post since one of the "Nays" (Karen from Ione, CA) most likely is the same "Karen from Ione, CA" who posted a couple months later to espouse of her success..."

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Posted by Kevin (Bellevue, Washington, USA) on 04/19/2007
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I had a fairly severe case of MRSA over a year ago, bad enough so that I had seven incisions under an armpit, and they had to be painfully treated for a few weeks along with over three months of antibiotics. I do not feel comfortable with that level of pharmacological dependence. That leads to many other discussions, but suffice it to say, I want to be able to treat myself with more independent methods for my own safety. I went to my doctor on this past Monday (April 16th, 2007) and asked him if the sore on my lip was MRSA. I was sure it was. He said no, but that he could swab it and let me know in a couple of days. I came home and decided to treat it like it was and found this site. I have been using a modification of your number one recipe. I mixed a gallon of water with thirty-two (32) oversized teaspoons of ground tumeric and 16 servings of my favorite whey protein drink. I put in the whey after smelling the tumeric. The whey did not do nearly enough to make the drink palatable. The idea was that I would take a half cup twice daily. In essence, that is what I am doing, but to every half cup of my mix I am adding another full cup of juice so that I can get it down. My teaspoons were large, so I am taking a minimum of two teaspoons (and up to three) of tumeric daily split into morning and evening doses. The hard ball of subcutaneous swelling that has characterized my experiences is down in a couple of days from marble sized to pea size. The soreness is almost entirely gone. I have to still call this a work in progress that I will update, but I believe this is a win. When the doctor called earlier this evening (April 18th, 2007), and told me that the swab was positive for MRSA, I was glad! Hey, I have an easy to implement, non-toxic solution because he doubted and did not just prescribe on the spot. I appreciate his due diligence because the monster bugs have been assisted by uncareful prescribing of antibiotics over the years. Thank you for your efforts here on this topic. Very important stuff.

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Posted by Tia (ATL, GA) on 03/19/2007
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I've been taking the turmeric for a week now. I have a condition called Hidradenitis supprativa, which is close to MRSA. I would like to say that the turmeric is working for me, but also i have to add that i changed my diet completely. I've been doing research on this for the past 2 year, but i've found that antibiotics make this worse. Yes it cures it the first time but it comes back more and worse. So this year i decided i was getting rid of this crap and did so much research. After everything i've tried the the turmeric is the only thing where i can say i see a difference. I also know that a good cleanse is important. MRSA using a cleanse system by nature cleanse which i know also that works. For the ones that say turmeric is not working. I suggest that you change your diet. Food plays a big part in the outbreak of boils. I've read about this and people who have changed the way they've eaten for a whole year has not had a outbreak since, but you must do this for at least a year. Mrsa only eating fish, chicken, turkey, fruits, veggies, sweet potatoes, water, eggs, mustard, no mayo at all or dairy, i use rice milk, no sugar at all (this is the worse chocolate), no cakes or cookies, microwave fat free popcorn and few other things. Since this i've been seeing a BIG change in these boils. I'm also losing weight and working out. The turmeric does decrease pain. I haven't had a motrin in days now. So its easy for me to work out. God is Good. Thank you for this site. I will post back from time to time to let you know how things are going. I just pray for strength and that i can continue this for a year.

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Posted by Debbie (Lincoln County, OK) on 03/08/2007
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I have had MRSA for almost 2 yrs. At present, I have at least 40 boils/blisters in various stages on my body. Since beginning the turmeric Monday evening, I've noticed slow, but steady improvement. I am hopeful that turmeric will finally be my answer to healing. I will post again as I make progress.

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Posted by Jody (Rice, TX) on 03/01/2007
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I started this journey while pregnant with my son in 2004. I have no doubt that the first boil which appeared in my groin area was the result of exposure during one of frequent visits to my OB. The boil was half dollar sized, and I let it run its natural course of coming to head and rupturing. It healed by the time I delivered my son January of 2005. At that point I had never heard of MRSA.

Fast forward to November 2006, and I start feeling a hard spot with pain in my groin, opposite from where the original boil was located a year prior. This time I thought I was going to die. It grew to plum size within a week, and I began to have major back and foot pain from walking strange to compensate for the pain. (As a very modest and stubborn girl, I refused to go to the doctor) On the day I thought I might have to make an appointment because I was "dying" I read about Drawing Salve / Black Salve / Icthammol. The girl behind the pharmacy counter knew exactly what I wanted and said it would help without me even telling her what was wrong. It did make the boil rupture just a few hours after application and the pain was over. I watched this thing drain for about an hour making sure I did not contaminate the house, and I watched the "head" or "core" come out before treating with topical MRSA ointment. and throwing out the towels. Exactly a month later boil number two appeared in same general area but a bit smaller. Used Drawing Salve again. One month later boil number three appeared a bit smaller than before. Used drawing salve, but read about turmeric. One month later, (NOW) I felt boil number four, same area as three prior, coming on well ahead of time. (Believe me, you learn the little "itch/tickle" before you can even see or feel it.) Started RIGOROUS turmeric therapy immediately. (FOUR 450mg Turmeric capsules 3x per day with my meal to combat upset stomach) "Kamikaze" turmeric therapy combined with antibacterial soap twice or more daily, topical MRSA ointment (I can only find this at local HEB grocery stores) this thing did not grow larger than a dime, never hurt, never got fever in the area or even pinched. It is now 5 days later, I can no longer feel the small dime sized hard spot, and I am so happy I decided to try the Turmeric before the Salve! I am going to continue the four turmerics until tomorrow, go down to three, then two, then one until I can get down to one per day. I will probably take one per day for the rest of my life, and more again if I feel a little bump coming. It is a good appetite suppressant, and does a good job keeping my congestion at bay as it is now allergy season in Texas. I only notice a little tummy ache when I take the mega dose, but not if I eat, and I can smell a bit spicy when I am working out and sweating. Thanks to all for their testimonials.

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Posted by Anita (Bowie, Maryland) on 01/29/2007
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I wanted to report back on using the turmeric spice to clear my daughter of her MRSA infection. My 7 year old daughter has had 3 MRSA infections over the past 4-5 months. Doctors have treated her with bactrim and clindamycin in the past. I wanted to try a natural solution, since I know the infection can easily build up a resistance to antibiotics. So, after searching the net, I came upon this site. Thank you so much! My daughter's boils cleared and drained within a couple of days after giving her the spice. I purchased the pure spice and mixed it with juice and also gave her some of the 450mg pills. She seems to be clear of the infection (we have a follow-up appointment this week). I would recommend using turmeric as an alternative or in addition to antibiotics to clear this infection. Thanks again!

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Posted by Bobbi (Chicago, IL) on 01/25/2007
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Chicago, Illinois
Nov 2006-Jan 2007. USA, Bobbi

I have had many infections of boils mainly in midlife. I have had some lanced by a dermatologist in their office, and was given antibiotics for them. In 2001 I had a really bad one on top of my butt cheek which was painful and deep, and wouldn't drain. I ended up going to the hospital emergency room for that one and an intern dug deep and lanced that one and sent me home. Within a week I developed 7 more on my body in places I'd never had a boil before, and was gradually getting very sick. I was admitted to the hospital and this time they took me to the operating room, cut them all out, packed them with gauze dressings, and told me it was an MRSA staff infection, normally only caught in Hospitals and Nursing homes. The contagious disease control people were on my case, as many as 12 interns were brought in to look at my wounds. I was given Vancomycin intravenously, was told this was the only antibiotic strong enough to fight this infection, and after being on it for only a few days, I developed an allergy to it and had to be taken off of it. Then they put me on something else. After 2 weeks in the hospital, I was allowed to go home with a shunt in my veins to the heart and at home intravenous and nursing care every day to pack and change my dressings. I now have 7 really ugly scars from that adventure as a reminder. I never sued the hospital, even though I believe that I had a staff infection, that became worse by lancing it in the non germ free emergency room. At any rate that's the history, now for the more recent. I recently, around early November 2006, until Christmas 2006 was over, began to get some more boils. Because of the holidays, I left them go until they were over, but by Christmas I had one the size of a tangerine on my inner thigh causing me a lot of discomfort (I could barely sit or move about); one about an inch or so from that one about the size of a 50 cent piece, another one a couple inches away from that one about the size of a dime, and also one on my pubic area the size of a pea. For me, the thought of having ANYTHING lanced anywhere was horrible, so I began searching the web for possible answers or alternative ideas on what to do. I stumbled across this website (Thank GOD!), and began to read about Turmeric. When so many people seemed to think it worked for them, I decided I would give it a try. Here's the funniest part, and one that some of your readers may go through as well, so be prepared. When I asked my partner to go and ask the pharmacist if they carried it, the guy said "why didn't she call me herself? Does she want some snake oil too?" And proceeded to sell my partner drawing salve. We had a very BIG fight over this, and I finally had a friend of mine go to a health supplement store, and purchase the Turmeric. I bought the capsules, 500 MG Turmeric Curcumin, and took them 3X per day. (Drawing salve did NOTHING). But on Turmeric, within 3 or 4 days, I started to see a difference. It won't be overnight, because it took a while to develop these in the first place, so it will take about the same amount of time for them to be gone completely. In my case total time was 18 days on Turmeric. The largest one did start to drain before taking, none of the others ever did. Because of the draining, I kept that one covered with bandages everyday, and put some triple antibiotic ointment on only that one because it was open. Now keep in mind when I say 18 days, that's to the point where the skin is back to normal. The shrinking happens daily, each day, getting much better after the first few days. I want to thank whoever is responsible for this web site, and for the information I received. I would recommend Turmeric highly to anyone, with a boil or MRSA, and perhaps they could avoid going through what I did the first time around. One more thing. This last episode, I was never cultured for MRSA, so not sure what type of staff I had this time, but I do believe this is a miracle working herbal supplement and it would work on any staff infection or healing process. Because I didn't know what type of staff infection I had, I would suggest if you live with others in the same household, that every time you use the toilet, keep disinfectant wipes or spray nearby, and wipe the seat each and every time you sat down, so that it doesn't spread to the rest of the family. I did this and nobody else got a boil from me. Anyway thanks again, and for those with boils, don't fret, help is as close as the nearest health supplement store, and get yourself Turmeric ASAP! Also, I will add that anyone who puts fingers in their noses best immediately wash hands with antibacterial soap, as everyone's noses contains staff germs, and all you have to do is itch yourself with unwashed hands, and you have a good chance of developing a boil in that spot! Or touching one draining, same thing, common sense....and one more thing I did, I almost forgot. Because one was draining, when I showered, I used betadine solution over the spots even before drying with a towel, since it's antibacterial, and washed with antibacterial soft soap instead of the bar soap that the rest of the family was using. I sincerely hope this is helpful to some of your readers...again thank you so much!

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Posted by Dave (Phoenix, AZ) on 01/19/2007
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I tried the turmeric (started about 24 hours ago), and it worked VERY well. The boil is still there, but the pain is almost all gone, man did that work! I don't think I have MRSA but I do get an occasional boil, this one was up to about golf ball size, so VERY painful, hot, and uncomfortable (antibiotics did not help). Very good cure, I am so happy I found your site.

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Posted by Ann (Phoenix, AZ) on 01/05/2007
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I kept telling the doctors it was MRSA. They kept telling me it wasn't. I had searched everywhere and came to the conclusion that is was MRSA. I finally convinced them to test me and I was right. At one time I had 14 of them. Under the left armpit, left breast and groin area. Left Leg. Yesterday I started the Turmeric powder. Today the bump is not nearly as hard and I am hoping it takes the tiny spot away on the right breast. There are a lot of break outs here but everyone is believing the doctors when they're told it is a spider bite or cellulitis. I will respond back when I have more information.

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Posted by Carolyn (Hollywood, FL) on 01/05/2007
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Sorry about my prior blithering. New research indicates that Vancomycin Molecular Weight (MW) is too high (1500 daltons). Guess what? curcumin MW is only 368.39 Fruits and vegetables all have low MWs. Carrots, beets. Ted is eminently correct to use hydrogen peroxide (MW 34.01) in his recommended cleaning solution to kill MRSA bacteria. Research also says MRSA cells have the ability to suddenly build much thicker cell walls if they detect the presence of HIGH MW. But so far, the MRSA cells do not have a defense against LOW MW. I think this is why turmeric works. I am on a vegetarian diet now. I clean my skin and hair with first an iodine wash, which is just a good amount of water and a few drops of tincture of iodine. THEN I rewash the affected areas with a sea salt and water solution. Then I sniff into my nostrils a bit of the sea salt and water solution. Then I gargle with the sea salt and water solution, swishing it around in my mouth as long as possible. If it were not for this wonderful forum advice about turmeric and sea salt, I would be in a dirty hospital ward suffering a lingering death. I hope doctors see this information and correct their MRSA patients' diets to vegetarian foods only until the MRSA is eradicated from their bodies. No sugar, no white bread, no coffee. Encourage their patients to drink more water. Double check the MW of everything the patient receives. I feel much better and I have no boils. Thank you to the owner of this website and to Ted. Ted, please feel free to email me. I know of another very low MW natural antibiotic, but want to talk to you first about it.

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Posted by Ted (Bangkok, Thailand) on 01/07/2007 392 posts

Dear Carolyn: Don't feel too confident that your body is alkaline. It isn't. If you can afford an electronic pH pocket meter, which quite accurate, please measure your urine. Tumeric is only a superficial cure, but what is in your blood and how you take care of your blood is very important in stopping the MRSA. Consider adding tumeric to your food. This will help. The second thing that should stop the MRSA from popping up again is to measure the urinary pH. The ideal urine pH should actually be between 7.0 - 7.3. But for normal healthy people it is 6.5 to 7.3. It is very likely that you did not take baking soda 1/4 teaspooon three times a day with 1/2 glass of water on an empty stomach. Or you can try another one that works better: one freshly squeezed lime PLUS add the baking soda until the fizz stops. Take this 2 times a day once in morning and once in the evening. Try to monitor your urinary pH in those region. If the recommended dose has not quite reached that level, you may need to take add more baking soda until you do reach a normal level. If it STILL doesn't go away, the body is experiencing fungus and certain mineral deficiencies. This means add a pinch of borax to the lemon and baking soda formula. The one other deficiency that has to do with the immune system is 25 mg of zinc gluconate once or twice a week. Finally, just to be sure, you might try only once a week iodine foot painting. Just paint a small 3 - 5 inch circle in one of your feet. After 3 or 4 applications (or after 3 or 4 weeks), you may not need it for quite a while. Don't forget to add tumeric to your foods and salads, and not just external applications. This should correct most of the biochemical imbalances in your body. Ted

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Posted by Don Juan (Westminster, CA) on 01/04/2007
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I was reading about turmeric for boils and MRSA, and had been suffrering back aches nightly, for a month or two. I went as far as buying a new Bed, still the backaches persisted.

Last night, I bought some spice islands turmeric, off the spice isle at the grocery store, and picked up a bottle of CVS brand 1500mg glucosomine tablets Woke up this morning feeling pretty Good, nowhere near the level of Back pain on previous nights I've been experiencing some lumps and pimple like boils under my arm pits lately and had one on my face too I hadn't given it much though, but the boil on my face got me going and I decided to read up using google last night.

Earlier yesterday, I put a Hot compress on my face, and drained that awful boil I knew from previous attemps that it could make it worse, But i went ahead and drained it, and used peroxide by noon I was swelled up pretty good, would you believe this morning the thing is Damn near cleared up, and my Back feels OK for the first time in months I'll follow up after a few days This morning I've made a Tea using the coffee maker I put two constant comment orange pekoe flavored green tea bags into a coffee filter along with a tablespoon of Turmeric powder, and a tablespoon of sugar The tumeric takes some getting used to but the Tea is simply wondeful hate to add sugar but i had too I'm having my scond 12 oz cup of hot green Turmeric tea as I type.

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Posted by Lori (Reno, NV) on 01/03/2007
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I live in Reno, NV (prior to this YES, LOS ANGELES) but MRSA is RAMPANT in RENO also!!!) Dr. lanced abscess (boil) which was thought by me to be a spider bite (of course, I can't remember being bitten), I used a heating pad & wet washcloth to draw out the puss.vNow, third boil in 2 months, I read your article, marched my unhappy a$$ into the Dr. and told him how sad it is that I must read the internet to get educated on my condition when he went to school for 10 years. I very nicely expressed that he WILL very PAINFULLY cut me open AGAIN and this time his happy a$$ would culture me for MRSA. Needless to say, I got my way, tested positive for MRSA and am taking Bactrim, have iodoform packing sticking out of my back, have been off work (a healthcare setting) for 8 days. While this is horribly painful, nasty and no fun, in perspective of other diseases in society today, I am dealing. Now, on Turmeric. I am SOLD!!!! I bought ground turmeric on the spice shelf in the store and began drinking it in my tea (I like ground better than capsule form, more in a minute). I experience what could be compared to an expectorant in cough medicine. It allows all bound up bodily fluids i.e. phlegm, mucus, puss from boil etc to DRAIN naturally and quickly. The reason I like the ground turmeric better is because it steeps in the tea and helps with the "draining effect". Lastly, I like the strength of the capsule turmeric better 450 mg. So, my new working remedy is to buy the capsules ($3.00 at Wal-Mart for 450mg), make a hot cup of mandarin orange tea (hides the nasty taste), open capsule = concentrated powder 450 mg = stronger dose = more therapeutic = boil drains TONS more & clears when I do this vs. if I only take antibiotics, hardly anything drains!!

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Posted by Looking 4mydeity (Cleveland, Ohio) on 11/09/2010

Hey now, I Have had MRSA for several years now... Eat raw garlic often... Raw garlic is excellent for drawing out any potential infection.... Try using Calcium Bentonite Clay... Buy an electric heating pad... And always have hydrogen peroxide... Monitoring PH levels is a good idea... There is also strong evidence showing that taking excessive amounts of Vitamin C cures many things... The Vitamin C is broken down by your blood making a natural peroxide within your bloodstream... Lavender Epsom salt baths are great for the body... You can also go to your legal drug dealer ~ I mean Drug Store ~ and buy "Airborne" (over the counter) great stuff for raising your immune system.. When the doctor explained the concept of MRSA to me, he said all humans have good bacteria and bad bacteria on their bodies and that staph is obviously the bad one which can "evolve" to become resistant to regular antibiotics... My response to him was; "If my bad bacteria can "Evolve" well than so can my good bacteria"... (eat yogurt = good bacteria if you don't like yogurt then go to a health food store and by the pill form but the pills must be kept refrigerated... And stay positive.... Your subconscious is a powerful thing... Also been reading lately that drinking hydrogen peroxide that is extremely diluted with distilled water cures everything from Cancer to Alzheimer's... But be careful with that, definitely do your research before trying... Also ~ check out this video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nezsVz6yyHQ

Peace

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Posted by Catherine (Canada) on 11/09/2010

A cure for MRSA - Elderberry concentrate... Just take 1 TBS it three times a day.

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Posted by Michele (Easton, PA) on 01/03/2007
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I wrote in a few days ago, wanted to say that within 3 days this bad infection on the outside of my ear was completely healed as if nothing was there, drank tumeric as directed, avoided taking antibiotics completely. Never ever saw anything like it but I tried it because I had nothing to loose. Amazing! QUESTION - although it is very apparent to me tumeric is wonderful on killing infections and worked quickly has it been proven to kill the MRSA completely in anyone's body or has it just stopped outbreaks?

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Posted by Michele (Easton, PA) on 12/30/2006
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got an infection on my ear, concerned because last year took antibiotics for 6 months to cure a mrsa outbreak. within 1 day infection that looked like a beginning of a boil started healing after I took turmeric dr couldn't say if it was the start but he was concerned enough that he wanted to start the antibiotic treatment. Didn't want to take more antibiotics after the large doses to cure my last outbreak. Got cellulitis of my face, after a while it healed and then I immediately got a boil under my arm which was treated for 5 months. Had to get my arm drained 4 times before the staph healed. turmeric is healing whatever it was the beginning of.

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Posted by Tony (Montreal, Canada) on 12/28/2006
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I'have been fighting boils the last 12 months. 1 after another. I never had them before. Off and on antibiotics, never got rid of them. Tumeric has helped. I'm still a newbie tumeric user. I have been reading about contrails, i wonder if its just jet exaust of all those commercial jets that are multiplying in the skys. Has anyone done a study on the amount of jet fuel by counting the number of flights that are increasing day after day? Perhaps its global warming, even with slight increase in temperatures gives possible rise to the possible spread of deadly bacteria's. I would like the CDC to give the public it works for a possible explanation of this rise in MRSA and other bacterial infections which are obviously exploding throughout our society.