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★★★★★
I started taking turmeric about 2 weeks ago for Hidradenitis Suppurativa. Only hours after taking the first dose (2 tbl spoons in 1/2 cup of water) I noticed about 50% improvement! I was astonished, and was extremely encouraged to take successive doses. I have taken it twice a day for over a week now at a lower dose of 2 teaspoons per 1/2 cup warm water. I would say that now I am 90% better looking down there, with the last few stubborn lesions shrinking and on their way out. Today I picked up the turmeric capsules ($12 for 60) and will be taking them (500 mg/day) from now on.
I am also now taking ACV for weight loss, to raise my pH, and to lower my blood pressure. I highly recommend looking into ACV for the aforementioned ailments. I noticed a drop in my blood pressure after 1 day, I just felt so much healthier.
This site has changed my life, I feel like a completely new person and am forever greatful to this site and its contributors. In a month or so I will be in better financial health so I plan to make a donation to the site. Thank you so much!
(Sydney)
08/11/2013
(Tri-cities, Washington)
01/14/2016
I read your review and experience with turmeric multiple times today. I see this post was in 2012. I would love to know a 2016 update?
(Derby)
07/04/2016
Hi, are you still taking turmeric and is it still helping you? I'd want to know if turmeric is a permanent solution to HS or just temporary. I have been taking turmeric capsules for a while (not regularly though! ), my HS is not very severe but I get boils and lumps on thighs at least once a month which has to be treated with the antibiotics. I don't know how to stop these boils occurring so frequently. They are really painful. Please give us an update on your condition now?
(Ny)
11/18/2018
Careful with the Apple Cider Vinegar, or you'll be at the dentist with new problems, it's good for you in your stomach, but I don't know how to get it safely past your teeth.
Turmeric
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I had a really bad flare up last night, a very large and painful boil. It was very difficult for my to walk or sit, and I could only lay on one side of my body in bed, to keep pressure from building on the boil. I drank a mug full of hot water with 1/2 teaspoon turmeric and crushed black pepper. When I woke up this morning the first thing I drank was half cup of hot water with black onion seeds. Then I drank the turmeric and black pepper in hot water again this morning at 6 and 11:30, and the swelling and pain have gone down considerably. It's nasty but it works! I will drink it again at 4 pm and 10 pm. My mother has been telling me about drinking milk or water with turneric for a long time now, I don't know why I never listened! Mother really does know best!
I've noticed that sugar and coffee is the only main thing that causes these boils for me. I need to lose weight as well. It may not be everyone, but I've been doing my own research on this disease and have seen that a lot of people dealing with HS are overweight or obese.
(Alberta, Canada)
10/18/2017
I have had HS for about 18 years and got bad about 8 years ago when I gained 60 pounds.... before that I would have maybe one flare every 6-12 months.... when I gained weight I got them bad! Was on dif antibiotics with hardly any difference... I then lost 70 pounds and I hardly got them again for a few years until I slowly packed the weight back on! Now being over weight for the last few years I get a few flares every week.... I mostly get them in my butt crack but now starting to go down my leg under my bum cheek... have had any on my arm pits in a long time... anyways I am overweight now and under major marital stress and financial and a load of other legal stress to put on top of this... since my marriage started falling apart about 5 months ago I have gotten them even worse and it sucks:-(
I'm just wondering does anyone know why ppl that are overweight get them?? Best of luck and I can't wait to try this on mine!!!
Turmeric
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So I looked at this website!! Saw that tumeric was working for people!! So I tried it and it works but breakouts come and go!! Because of stress and weight gain or eating unhealthy!!! But it dose work in pill form or just as a paste or in a tea!!! As well keeping clean and dry... My boyfirned is alright with it but sometimes I dont feel pretty but keep your head up try all the natural remedies you can im sure one will work!!! Dont be afriad to talk about HS it dosent make who you. Just goes to prove were strong and we can make it better for us and our friends who have it!!!
Turmeric
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(Manganui, Northland, New Zealand)
08/15/2011
★★★★★
Just as a positive indication for tumeric.. I thought just to test.. I'd drop the tumeric from my daily routine. So I just took the ginger and cayenne.. Within a week I was feeling slight twinges nothing to bad... As soon as I started the tumeric they went. Adding that the MSN has done away with all back discomfort. This definiatly works.
(Sydney, Australia)
01/12/2012
I have found that Curcumin the active ingredient in tumeric is the reason it works, so buy Curcumin tablets as they are 95% Curcumin ( turmeric tablets are only 5% Curcumin) this is just my experience give it a go people it may work or you...
(Canada)
02/14/2017
Turmeric
THANK GOD my husband found this site just in time! Reading all of your posts I had tears streaming down my face. HOPE! Thats what you all have given me. I started the Tumeric last night and am praying I get the same results that many of you have had. If this works like you all say, I will scream it from the rooftops, tell everyone I meet and show my Dr's my longest "finger" ;} Thank you all so much, my heart and prayers go out to you for all you have been through. I hope to be able to post some "happy" here in the next few weeks. Mwah!
(El Paso, Texas)
08/02/2012
I am so glad that this website was found for me. I have been suffering with HS for about 13 years now, maybe longer and was just recently diagnosed with HS. Unfortunately, I had already had the surgery before I look at this site. Since the surgery of removing nine of the "boils", nine more have come out, some even through the incision that were made to remove it! My mom talked to my uncle about it and he came across this "Tumeric" spice. He and my mom are going to make me a couple of batches this weekend and overnight them to me. He was told to mix the tumeric with baking soda and a crushed aspirin for the ones at the surface and then to add Vick's Vapor Rub for the really deep ones. I am so looking forward to this working! All of your stories have given me hope as I too thought I was losing my mind and using the "my leg hurts" to explain away why I was walking with a limp. Thank God for the internet and the fact that people share their stories!!! I will be back to this site regularly for support for me and to give mine in return!
(Beijing, China)
11/22/2012
This website is amazing! I have just this week been diagnosed with HS. I have had the day off work today because I have not been sleeping properly in the knowledge that I have some terrible condition without cure! Fortunately I have slept a lot today and feel a little better. I'm so encouraged to read about turmeric and other solutions. My problem is that I'm an expat living in China and access to foods and products is often difficult. I'm going home to the UK at Christmas and intend to stock up! My question to the women out there with HS is does your condition appear to be linked to your periods? I have boils that appear in my armpits like clockwork with my monthly cycle. Does this happen to anyone else? Last year I was diagnosed with a Staph infection in my nose and the nasal cream Bactroban seemed to get rid of the problem. The Bactroban cream no longer works and I'm confused as to whether I have HS, a bacteria infection in my nose, or both! Thanks in advance for your replies. I'm trying really hard to stay positive with this diagnosis.
(Montana)
11/26/2012
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Apple2012 from Bejing - Yes, definitely linked to my cycles!! Absolutely. I can't imagine life without turmeric. It's kept my HS essentially under control. I experiment with my use of turmeric. I at at least 1/8 teaspoon with black pepper to soup each time I eat it. Top ramen works for me- simple but true! & easy in a pinch. Warm milk with turmeric, black pepper, cinamon, cayenne, & honey is tasty & effective. I sprinkle it on eggs & avocados & experiment with anything I think it might blend with. I prefer eating turmeric with food rather than using capsules, personal preference, & it works well for me! Good Organic turmeric (I get mine in bulk spice section). If you try one brand that doesn't seem to do well don't give up, try another. Good luck!
Turmeric
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I drink it dissolved in warm water once a day when I have an outbreak - and the boil literally shrinks within hours - it's amazing. 1/2 tsp in 1/4 cup of warm water, but you can play with the dose.
I also no longer sit in a chair at work - I sit on an exercise ball which constricts my groin area less - which has made a HUGE difference - my exercise ball deflated and I sat in a chair for a month and they came back - I bought a new ball, they were gone in a week.
PhisoHex also works if you use it consistently but you shouldn;t use it longterm.
I notice when I eat a lot of sugar, it makes it worse. Good luck.
Turmeric
HS popped out of know where and being a 20y/o and just having a good time with college, work, friends and family HS has really made me want to give up on life.
So glad I found EC and really hope that I can have some results that can make me able to enjoy life again. My family and friends don't know anything about what has been going on the last two months (they think its stress) really HOPE and PRAY that turmeric can provide some relief!
Since I won't be going to a doctor for HS, EC is really a life saver. I did want to see a doctor but after reading all the horror stories about HS and doctors/ dermatologist there really isn't a reason to for me. There is nothing they can give me to cure this.
(San Francisco, Ca)
05/08/2011
(The Beach, Canada)
05/09/2011
I personally take half a glass of warm milk 4 or 5 ounces, add 1 tbls of black strap mollases, and 1 tsp of tumeric powder in a jar seal and shake it well, I drink it through a straw as fast as I can, I can barely taste it and it doesnt stain my teeth. Tumeric can cause me constipation so the black strap mollases prevents that. My prayers to your sisters health I hope this assists in her recovery.
(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
05/22/2011
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Courtney from San Francisco, what I do is take 1tbls of turmeric with 1/4 cup of warm water. Taking turmeric for the first time - seemed like torture. I quit turmeric and swore I would never go back. After living with my pain and hiding my HS from everyone I went back on EC and read all the great results people were having with turmeric. So I tried again and this time I put the 1tbls of turmeric in yogurt and just swallowed it. When you put turmeric in yogurt it goes down without tasting anything - I do have my nose plugged just in case =P
Sara from The Beach, Canada had a great idea with using the straw, you could try that as well.
Be rigorous with the turmeric regime and your sister will see results fast. Use it twice a day and you can play around with how you want to take it, EC has lost of recipes that people use and have great results with.
Just know that there are also empty capsules you can buy at your local health food store that you can fill with turmeric - but there don't absorb nearly as much as drinking the turmeric straight up. The regular capsules that people having been talking about filling on this site don't realize that those capsules don't have a enteric coating - meaning the turmeric won't even reach the digestive system where you get healing effect.
That's so sweet that your looking out for your sister, and you relationship where she can tell you anything. HS is something that popped out of now where for me, and after having it for only a few months, I'm so glad that EC has helped me stop it thus far.
-Esmee
(Atlanta, Ga)
06/07/2011
★★★★★
I've gotta agree. I can't believe after all this time I finally know what the cause is. After reading this and going through pages of comments as well as staying up till 6am LOL I went straight out to the nearest 24/7 CVS and picked up a few things. Turmeric was hard to find and I ended up finding Turmeric Powder at my local Kroger.
I hope that along with the change in lifestyle I'm already implementing will at least ease the symptoms.
I can report that before I fell asleep I took my first "dose" of Turmeric and I woke up about 40 minutes ago. There's nearly no pain where there was terrible pain last night. Coincidence? Maybe... but I like to believe that the turmeric is having some positive effect.
Turmeric
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She then started Acutane and was on it for 6 months. It was the worst 6 months, for both of us ever. The MD finally said that she wanted my daughter to start Humira, told us the side effects (which scared the heck out of me) and said she would need to be on it for the rest of her life. I finally told the doctor that we were going to try a natural cure first.
I found this site and put my daughter on 2 Azo yeast pills a day and 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric dissolved in hot water and a tea bag (to make it taste better). She has been doing this for 2 months and the doctor recently released her from care. She is healing up more and more each day. Turmeric is a life saver for my daughter. The tunneling stopped, the holes closed up, there is no more seeping, and only one small red spot; everything is clearing up. It has been a year and half since her diagnoses and we are so happy that she is doing better.
(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
08/31/2011
To Sourgrape from Sweet Home, Oregon:
Hello,
Seeing your comment about your daughter getting better from your treatment of AZO tablets and turmeric really has stopped my tears this morning. I am a 20y/o college student who has diagnosed myself with HS after it has popped out of now where and really turned my life upside down. I had sores all over my groin area and under my arm pits that really hurt. I would never go to my family doctor because of all the comments I've read about people their experience with doctors and this unknown disease. If there is nothing they can do about it... why go through all that?
Anyways, I've been sadly dealing with it in silence and stopped working out, hanging out with friends, sports and even activities at school =(
I was researching online on night at 4am and came across EC and read all the natural treatments for HS. I've been doing the Dial soap wash and Tea Tree Oil treatment for a while with great results. My boils were flat and all coming to a head and healing. It was going great till one boil on my thigh flatten out and came to a head but then it didn't close... Over time it kept getting bigger and bigger. Right not it's a open wound the size of a quarter and it's really making moving and WALKING hard and painful. I have been covering it with triple antibiotic get and a band-aid every day and it is not healing at all. I am so sad, and feel life I can handle this HS anymore!
What really made things worse was I started to read about HS wounds taking years to close for some people, I can have this open wound on my leg for years, I'm in school and working... Daily life is so painful and I've just started my life.
To make an even longer story short, I just wanted to say THANK YOU for your comment. Your comment was the first one to say anything about a wound healing... Especially the size of the one your daughter had. I am happy she is doing much better and I hope to have my wound cleared up. I am going to head to the store to get the AZO supplements and start my turmeric regimen again!!!
I am going to also great a blog on blogspot or something to share my story with people. This almost seems like this a cure and if someone suffering with HS searching the internet like us all, can find some relief from my story…that would be GREAT.
I'll post my results in a week or so =)
Thanks again!
(Gaithersburg, Maryland)
09/08/2011
Hi,
It's so amazing how every scientific literature you read on HS says it's rare and not that many people have it, but look at how many of us are suffering from it.
I am so glad to see that we are all here for each other. We will BEAT THIS!!
@Justsayin, I feel your pain and you are so young. I am 28 and I hate this disease and how debilitating it is when you are in pain. So I can't imagine what it must be like at 20. But you have all your life ahead of you and you won't let this hold you down. I had surgery for one of my boils (huge) and they had to let it open so it could drain further. It took forever to close but putting non-stick gauze on the area really helped (although it opened back up a couple days ago - but it's much better than it was 8 months ago). I suggest you do that. My HS is also primarily in the same area so I understand your pain. Cover your boils (open or not) with non-stick pad, you can also apply turmeric spice on them to ease the pain and hasten the healing process. Let me know how you are doing.
I'll pray for all of us.
God Bless You!!!
Turmeric
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Turmeric
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HS has been under control, though not cured yet, but the pain has reduced a lot and size has decreased considerably.. Thanks a lot..
(New York)
11/21/2010
Hi I just have to say I love earth clinic, this site is a tremendous blessing. I did suffer from this condition and was so desperate for a cure I prayed to god for help and he healed me. Here is how
1. Most importantly have faith- God will heal you -but you have to meet him half way and be disciplined in your maintenance routine
2. All skin conditions are part of a emotional dis-ease. Know that your mind-state plays a big part in your skins health. Have faith that god will heal you and love your body. Envision clear healthy skin.
3.Turmeric it is a powerful antioxidant good for everyone - essential in for HS cure. I take 3 a day. As well as detoxing herbs and a plant enzyme
4. Air- to cool the skin so no bacteria can breed
5. Use an acne wash and cream -very carefully- on the prone areas
6. Antibacterial soap like dial the bar type
God has blessed me-i am so happy that I have been cured- that is why I had to share this today because it is a miracle. Thanks to everyone sharing there stories and we can get better! Good luck and god bless
Turmeric
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(Brevard, N.c., Usa)
08/15/2010
Hi Johnner, I too, have this terrible disease for over 30 yrs. After readings about turmeric on this site for HS. In the last few days of June, I started to take it the 1st of July. 2capules three time a day, (500mg)it had make a great difference in the size of my boils. Also, I was disgnose with prediabete and started to drink the AVC, 2tbs 2 or 3 times a day with veg. juice. Morning readings was 120-130, it's now about 110, and I hope to continue to go down. Love this site! Thank you EC for this great site, will be coming often! EJ
(Toronto, Ontario,canada)
04/25/2011
@Johnner from Kildare, Ireland
Your comment really gives me hope for my HS, it popped out of know where two months ago and I'm a college student that is trying to live my life while secretly dealing with HS. I'm not as bad as some people have been stating on here, but your results give me hope. I can't wait to start my turmeric =)
Turmeric
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(Vancouver, Bc)
08/28/2010
(Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
09/02/2011
@Bianca from Vancouver, Canada
Hi, before I started taking turmeric with warm water I tired capsules that I filled myself, but nothing was happening. Once I finished the 100 turmeric capsules I made I switched to the liquid. I hate drinking turmeric soo much... But not as bad as I hate having HS. Taking turmeric in capsules form seems to being working great for you. I hope that once my HS is cleared (really close) thanks to AZO supplements, turmeric w/ lemon and salt crystal deodorant I can use capsules from then on!
Turmeric
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