Tumeric is easy to grow in Hawaii. We recommend that anyone interested in growing your own medicine, include tumeric in your healing garden
Tumeric (known as olena in Hawaiian) is well known as a culinary herb and important ingredient in traditional healer's medical kit. (That includes mom's kitchen) Curcumin's healing properties are renowned and shared by many cultures.
In Hawaii and India both, it is also used as a saffron dye for fabric and tapa, and foods that are cooked with tumeric (including yellow curry) are noted for their golden signature glow
Here is a wonderful use of tumeric as traditionally used in India, includes an easy to prepare recipe and don't miss the scientific reasons why the black peppercorn is added.
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