Ginger and/or turmeric?

[Alley]

Keep om mind tumeric works best in combination with pepin or add your fresh cracked pepper

[TGAMEL62]

I use a mix grounded ginger powder, cinnamon powder, garlic powder, and curcum powder mixed in equal proportion . I keep it in light and humidit sealed container in the refrigerator.

I take one table spoon of the mix in the morning.

You had mentioned in a previous post about your concerns of bleeding and high glucose levels when you were shaving and cut yourself, and then I saw this post and wanted to mention this. I felt it was important because in addition to causing stomach upset in some people, turmeric can act as a blood thinner.

[Alpha]

Then maybe this is the cause of my aftershave bleeding.

I really appreciate your input Todd.

[Alley]

Tumeric is a effective blood thinner

[SlowBurnMary]

Well, for standardized Ginger and its cousin Turmeric, a two capsule serving is 1.1 grams of it - and two doses = 2.2 grams. In controlled studies max dosage is recommended under 4 grams - before strange symptoms of excess kick in.

Sometimes I use loose Ginger powder in smoothies, but I generally take the capsules simply because of standardized potency, freshness, and convenience (and it’s super cheap compared to most all medicine people buy - 120 Ginger caps is $8).

But someday when my lifestyle is less busy would like to make the traditional eastern medicine pellets by hand with some high grade spice powders - mixing with Cinnamon and Turmeric and using fresh Ginger juice to bind the powder, then storing as airtight as possible… !

Depending on a person’s constitution - such as my own - Garlic powder can be irritating/overheating for the circulation/skin if taken daily in powder or raw form (though I love a little of it sprinkled on avocados or cream cheese!)

Ginger, Cinnamon, and Turmeric are good friends, and friendly to all constitutions, apparently. And, looking at traditional cultures that use these spices daily and in medicine, the well nourished elderly people (both the meat eaters and the high dairy vegetarians) had a better kind of physical and mental aging than what is thought of as elderly in industrial foods society… Probably had to do with all the spices, combined with good animal fat and no processed foods!