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I was using this for Zak (dog, has dysplasia) for ages then stopped, dunno why. I've recently started using it for the horse for his arthritis. Apparently it also cures sarcoids!! The link below is fairly gob smacking, I've googled studies too which seem to back up what has been said. I'm going to put the OH on it for his joints and his digestion issues, plus all the dogs, plus me! No harm in trying it. Apparently as effective as bute!!

http://foodmatters.tv/articles-1/science-confirms-this-spice-is-as-effective-as-14-drugs
 
after putting my older (22 years old) stiff creaky horse on it on the sat and him nearly "happy bronking" me off on the tues back in November I now have all horses, older dogs and me on it. I have stopped taking painkillers to enable me to get out of bed and now can jog up the stairs without pulling myself up using hand rail!

hope you have good results too
 
Mine were all on it throughout last winter. I have kept the 2 mares on it via a tiny feed. You must feed it with a cold pressed oil like coconut or micronised linseed to the rate of 3 to 1 of oil to amount of turmeric and I use 12 to 15 twists of freshly ground black pepper. That may sound stupid but the vet on the Turmeric user group on Facebook says this makes it bio available. I have to agree with this as I have fed it without a noticeable result to my WB in the past without the oil and pepper.

I take a high strength tablet myself also and have felt the benefit. It's a very powerful anti oxidant. My young mare has remained sarcoid free in 18 months since her aggressive fibroblastic one was successfully and alternatively got rid of.
 
YasandCrystal said:
Mine were all on it throughout last winter. I have kept the 2 mares on it via a tiny feed. You must feed it with a cold pressed oil like coconut or micronised linseed to the rate of 3 to 1 of oil to amount of turmeric and I use 12 to 15 twists of freshly ground black pepper. That may sound stupid but the vet on the Turmeric user group on Facebook says this makes it bio available. I have to agree with this as I have fed it without a noticeable result to my WB in the past without the oil and pepper.

I take a high strength tablet myself also and have felt the benefit. It's a very powerful anti oxidant. My young mare has remained sarcoid free in 18 months since her aggressive fibroblastic one was successfully and alternatively got rid of.
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Am putting my horse on a 'homemade' treat but want to put my mum on it as she has knee and hip issues - would be interested to know if you buy the tablet and if so could you pm the name so I can get her some - thank you :)
 
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Am putting my horse on a 'homemade' treat but want to put my mum on it as she has knee and hip issues - would be interested to know if you buy the tablet and if so could you pm the name so I can get her some - thank you :)
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I buy High Strength Turmeric 10,000mg from Natures Best. It's not expensive you have to make sure you take it later in the day when you have fats in your stomach.
 
My Mum is obsessed with the stuff ATM. Her current way to force it into us is in tea form. (I don't recommend it its disgusting.)

She read somewhere it could help woth Dads cancer... So we all take it to keep her happy.

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I think using the powder and making a paste with it is best for animals. I cooked up a big batch yesterday using this recipe:
Apparently the dried is more bio available. I made lots of paste, about four times the recipe below:
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1/2 cup turmeric powder
2 cups water, and 1/2 cup in reserve if needed
1 1/2 teaspoons ground black pepper
70 ml cold pressed Olive or Coconut oil
Place turmeric and water in pan, stirring over gentle heat until you have a thick paste. This should take about 7 - 10 minutes and you will need to add additional water along the way.Add the pepper and oil at the end of cooking. Stir well and allow to cool. Store in sterilised glass jar and refrigerate. Will keep for up to four weeks, refrigerated and can be frozen.

Horse isn't too keen, but he's massively fussy anyway.
 
Cinnamontoast, which brand of powder do you use?
And can I use say Aldi's standard olive oil or does it have to be extra virgin?

I want to take it myself, but I might start the cats on it. I see you use ice trays, would I give an ice cube per cat per day?

Sorry for all the questions!
 
I started all my horses a couple of weeks ago. I currently give a tablespoon twice a day, 10ml of extra virgin olive oil and about 8 pepper grinds. There has been much galloping about, playing and rearing in the field from the retired one!
 
I've just started T-bag on it because of her arthritic hock. So far I have yellow hands and she has a yellow head - it's work in progress :biggrin3:
 
Just in case anyone is looking for cheapish cocoanut oil, I found a jar in Tescos yesterday for £2 ..it's on the ethnic / Asian food section and sensibly is now in a jar rather than the silly bottle it used to be sold in.
 
As my horse is on calmers to aid his concentration as he has a habit of bouncing around like a demented Duracell bunny when excited or in company, I am reluctant to try the Turmeric on him, he is 17 now but runs out of steam very quickly, do you think the Turmeric will be beneficial to aid his stamina but not his excitement?

Also I have started taking it myself in tablet form via Healthspan 500mgs in strength, is this a better way for humans to take it rather than to make it into a paste etc.
 
There is a Turmeric users group on fb, I have my girl on it not seen any difference as yet, but have to say reading some of the stories and seeing the pictures on fb, there must be something in it, and as its all natural then I can not see any harm in it.
 
I've been using it for a while - I've been making it into a paste (mixed in with sudocrem) and putting onto my mares sarcoid, it really helped for a while and was definately looking smaller and drying up etc. but then the flies arrived :( So its looking sore again even though Im putting the paste on several times a day to try to protect it from them. But it certainly was working. I believe its better to feed it as well but I'm not doing that right now as don't want to risk sending her loopy which it can do in some cases apparently. I make it into golden paste and have it with hot milk every night before bed, makes me sleep like a log! And I've just started two of my other horses on it (one cushings veteran and one veteran with an old serious tendon injury) so be interesting to see if there's any difference in them.

I've heard it better to make it yourself rather than take the tablets. There's a really good group on facebook which is handy and includes the recipe for the basic paste - Turmeric User Group.
 
From a recommendation on here, I'm using Valley View turmeric (eBay) but as long as you check the curcumin content is 3% or above, you're fine.
 
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It's been a miracle for my GSD's hips- he has gone from ambling about very slowly to running and bouncing to fetch his ball which he hasn't done in years!
I feed him a teaspoon twice a day with 4 teaspoons of micronised linseed and 10 grinds of pepper.
 
I tried it for several months on my 3 TB's. I fed the right amounts with micronised linseed and ground the pepper in fresh. Made no difference at all to arthritic horses movement, to other horses sarcoids or anything else. Horses lost loads of weight and vet diagnosed gut upset or gut acidosis after bloods etc all came back clear, found reports online that turmeric can increase acid levels in stomach, stopped it, added a gut supplement instead and horses all started gaining weight within days and several weeks on are looking loads better.

Have seen it used with great effect on humans, dogs and horses at my yard so I know it can work - but sadly that wasnt the case for us.
 
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