Turmeric for Boils: Natural Healing, Anti-Inflammatory & Antimicrobial

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Posted by Cheryl (Peoria, IL) on 02/12/2007
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My 9yr old daughter came to me a couple days ago with a very small pimple like bump on the back of her thigh. She said it hurt very bad when she sat down, so I thought it may be an infected hair follicle or something. I had her apply some heat and ice to it and I cleansed the area with antibacterial soap. The next day it was a small mountain on the back of her leg that was very swollen and hard. It had a head, so I squeezed it to rid her of some of the pain. Since draining it seems to cause the pain to subside a bit. Yesterday she woke up and it was even larger, it was near the size of a soda bottle cap. We had her apply heat to help with draining, and some ice to help with the swelling, plus more showers to wash it up with antibacterial soap. I went to work and returned 9 hours later, to find it was still as large as it was 9 hours prior. We did the shower thing again, and it started to drain in the shower on it's own. I came to the internet to find any help I could. It is hard to see a child in pain, especially because she had never had any type of skin imperfections ever before. I searched for "cure for boils", and I think your site was the third on the list. I checked out the other two, and still didn't find exactly what I was looking for. They were remedies I had tried in the past for myself, and I knew they wouldn't work quickly, if at all. So when I got to your site, I read everything there was to read and thought I need to try this. It was just a few minutes before the only grocery store in town closed, and I ran up there and bought 3 bottles of ground turmeric. I got home mixed up 1 tsp in a cup of warm water and had her drink it. She did not like the taste at all, but I encouraged her by drinking some with her. She finally got through it, and then it was time for bed. When she got up this morning I asked her how her leg was. We took off the bandage, and looked. I was absolutely stunned, I cannot even tell you how impressed I was. It was still a bit hard and red, but the swelling was completely gone. The entire back of her leg is now all flat, no more giant volcano back there. I could not believe my eyes, just 8 hours before that it was nearly a 1/2 high, and about as big around as a quarter and now it is flat. Also, I woke up with a stiff neck yesterday, rotating the mattress always seems to do that for me. After drinking the turmeric, the pain is nearly gone in my neck now. I thought it was odd coincidence until I looked up turmeric this morning and found it has anti-inflammatory agents in it. This is huge for me, as I don't like my family to take antibiotics and pain killers unless it is absolutely necessary. I want to thank you guys from the bottom of my heart! You are a Godsend!

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Posted by Sherry (Wilmington, DE) on 02/12/2007
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Hi, I wrote yesterday to tell my "boil story" and started the Turmeric treatment last evening. The swelling of the largest boil has now subsided at least 50%! It is not nearly as painful as it was yesterday afternoon. I also used witch hazel on cotton underneath of my arms and then put Betadine on them and covered with a bandage. Then I used the heating pad for a couple of hours on and off. The smallest of the boils have no more pain and have reduced in size, too. Thanks so much! Sherry

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Posted by Dana (Colorado Springs, CO) on 02/10/2007
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I recently had a run in with boils appearing on my backside. It was new to me, I had never had a boil in my life before this. I tried all the traditional cures I could find and eventually stumbled upon your website, and started to use Turmeric with great success. Looking back on my lifestyle changes over the last few months I noted that I had been eating high fat greasy foods and during lunch and after work had been having mixed drinks with the mixer being coke, club soda etc. I stopped drinking the alcohol and soda and began consuming large amounts of water and taking turmeric and the boils went away. (oh a side note, I see contrails everyday in the skies above my town) Just as an experiment I went back to my unhealthy consumption and the boils came back...

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Posted by Mary (Nevada City, CA) on 02/06/2007
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Turmeric has been helpful for asthma, boils, and for infections. Twice this year my son had an infection on his foot or ankle. I applied turmeric ointment (turmeric mixed in coconut oil) and this was helpful - But he got better VERY quickly when I gave him a turmeric drink, as well. It seems very good to get the turmeric circulating in the blood stream to fight an infection. The ointment worked very well on a small skin problem of my own - a very small boil or something...

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Posted by Sandra (Cincinnati, OH) on 02/02/2007
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When I found this website, I was suffering with a large boil on my forehead at the hairline. It appeared to be growing and my entire forehead, eye area and cheeks became inflamed. I went to the emergency room and they gave me the standard antibiotic treatment. The inflammation in my face subsided, but the boil itself wasn't changing much and it appeared to be "growing" another smaller one beneath it!. That's when I RAN to GNC and bought some turmeric pills. I took 4 over the course of 6 hours, woke up the next day and the boil had diminished to 1/2. By noon, the smaller 2nd boil wasn't even noticeable! I am continuing use at this time but as many others reported here, THANKFUL for any homeopathic remedy! And, I like the scent of the spice. :)

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Posted by Albert (New Bedford, MA) on 01/31/2007
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Just want to let you know i have been suffering with boil out breaks for almost 2 years have been taking keflex when they come out and then when i was put on tetracycline as a maint dose but they still seem to come up and very painfull some times five or six at a tim , in my stomach and groin area even had one on my chin and that was wheni came up your site and discovered turmeric it was god sent started taking turmeric in the am repeated dose in pm and then again in the next day. by the afternoon of the second day it dried up already wow ,,, and when i started with another it never even went into a head again thanks for such a great site with so much information. thanks. al from new bedford MA.

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Posted by Jean (Warner Robins, GA) on 01/25/2007
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I went to the Dr. after having pulled a eyebrow hair. It became infected within hours. By the next morning one eye was almost shut and the pressure in my forehead was tremendous. He put me on Doxycycline and bactroban ointment. My face swelled down to my mouth. After two weeks of antibiotic...and it did go down alot the knot on my forehead was still the size of a dime. I began to look for an alternative which brought me to your site. I have been taking Turmeric capsules 450mg 3times a day for 2 days.and using clear chrome to cleans the sore. It is not open now but was originally. I can definitely say the swelling has reduced. Will the knot ever go away and how long should I take the Turmeric? Is it Ok to use tea tree on the skin? thanks

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Posted by Rachel (Sydney, Australia) on 01/24/2007
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Your turmeric remedy for boils was interesting. I wish to share some home remedies from India.

1. By applying the juice of garlic or onion on the boil to draw it out.
2. By applying turmeric powder.
3. By applying a cumin seed paste.

Diet: Well-balanced, vegetarian, yogurt, boiled food.
Avoid: White wheat flour, all meat, tea & coffee, oily, spicy & sour food.

A pinch of turmeric is taken with a glass of warm milk before bed to treat dry cough. I guess turmeric powder could be taken this way or added to vegetable soup when boiling to make it easier to consume.

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Posted by IMel (Hartford, CT) on 01/21/2007
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I mixed the turmeric w/ my fav chai tea, tasted good. I noticed change, but this thing will not go away! It runs its course and recurs. Also, I've got more acne now than when I was a teenager. Beginning to wonder if this is a cyst? Anyhow, the turmeric definitely does SOMETHING. Sure does make my teeth yellow, too. Others should try, likely w/ better results. Definitely try the CHAI (idea came from the honey and hot milk idea...I just expanded).

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Posted by Cerissa (Saint Louis, Mo) on 10/28/2010

Your story sounds so similar to mine. I have been on antibiotics for almost two years-I can't even remember the last time I HAVE NOT had any boils in my arm pits. I had surgery in one armpit, which helped, but now it has moved to the other pit. I am inspired by what I have read on here and I am going on the hunt for the turmeric pills. Thanks everyone!

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Posted by Amit (London, Uk) on 06/13/2010

Re turmeric causing constipation - you might be right, but it can also be that some 'regularity' is the result of underlying inflammation in the bowels and that when the turmeric cleans that up your body has to readjust - certainly seen this as an outcome for some other herbals which uninflame the bowels. Just a thought - would be interested to hear what others taking it long term have to say.

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Posted by Padmini (Bangalore, India) on 06/14/2010

Heat boils are caused due to intake of foods which generates heat inside your body. In India, we take food as per climatic conditions. Chicken and eggs are foods that can produce heat in your body. So, if you continuously get heat boils, use turmeric inside and outside and try to avoid all types of food that generates heat. You can take milk, butter, citrus fruits and vegetables. Especially, turmeric is a wonderful medicine for most of the ailments and we in India, add turmeric to most of our food preparations. This will prevent many types of cancers.

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Posted by Merryanne (Orange City, Florida, Usa) on 06/09/2010 113 posts

Ok the way I see it there is something you are eating, drinking, or washing with that is making your system sick,,,,

1. check your foods and oils and do not eat any soy,,most prepard, boxed, baged foods have soy,,do not eat it,,checke your pets food also-no soy

2. checke for conola oil,,google 'what is canola oil made from' you do not want to eat it.

3. For about a week eat only fresh cooked vegtables with salt and olive oil, bread, fruit juice, fresh fruit, salads, with light oil dressing and herbs, and leamon juice,,,no meat, no animal products, no sodas, only juice, water, black coffee, unsweet tea.

After one week your digestive system and blood should be better, if not I suggest you continue the diet for another week,,also eating a lot of garlic is good,,it is called the Russian antibiotic. Eat natural, healthy, quick fixes in food preperations will make you sick.

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Posted by Dantoinette (Austin, Texas) on 09/23/2009

Boil Treatment: I have been plaqued by these things all my life and at 42 it is nice finally find something that might help. I have been told countless times by Doctors there is nothing you can do, yur just one of those 1000 that are stuck gettting them. I'm going to try the tuneric tonnight becuse I have three of them that wont go away. I will let you know how it works.

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Posted by Chris (San Pedro, CA) on 08/07/2008

i have had many boils in my life & about 2 yrs ago it started going through my grandkids like a house on fire, my youngest almost died from it, spent 8 days in intensive care.........i ended up getting it again from them, thus starting a huge cycle again, which i hadn't had to deal with in quite a while.......& because my health is not as good as it used to b, i caught the germ again...........it's a staff infection...........i have since then ran across this web site & with other investigation, found that candida surrounds staff & makes it very hard to get rid off.........anti-boitics may be able to help u get over the boil itself, but the staff stays in the body.........& since u said that sometimes u feel as if u r getting one again & the turmeric helps it stop, u probably still have the stuff floating around, waiting for a weak point in ur body, to attack u again...........well, if u fight candida, this site has great info about that, then killing the candida, or controlling it, will help u stop have those times where it starts again.........i think it's the body's way of trying to protect u from the ravages of staff, that can kill...............and then an over growth of candida has it's own special horrors...........after my own outbreak of boils, with many cycles of antibiotics, i had a number of times where it felt like i was getting more.........but since i started controlling the candida, i don't have them anymore..........i do take turmeric & it is a really strong anti-inflamitory & anti-oxident...............which is probably why it has helped u............try working on the candida, check out the symptoms of it, u might b surprised, i sure was.................it's pretty awful, in & of itself...........hope this helps, chris.....

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Posted by Jamie (Wheelersburg, OH) on 08/06/2008

Thank-you so much for your information and your honesty. My husband, Butch has had boils much of his life he has had them on his face and cut them out to get to the core. He has so many scars on his face. I will go today and start him on a turmeric spice or pill. Thank-you so much, God Bless you, Jamie

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Posted by Tope (Lagos, Nigeria) on 02/26/2008
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i had a staph problem 4 close to 7yrs. of course i started with the doctors antibiotics ciprotab, peflotab etc. actually saw some alternative medical practitioners in my country taking one concotion or another for yrs with no remedy. i luckily had a good relief some 2 yrs ago after i was admitted with an anti biotic drip and took green vegetable juice locally called "ugwu" in my country but like a yr after some boils appeared and it came back.i came across this page on alkanizng ur body and i took the 3* a day teaspoon of baking soda mixed with 1/4 teaspoon of tumeric.i also took colloidal silver internally 3* a day,euchinicae 3* and a garlic tablet made by kwai 3* a day. i took the antibiotic ciprotab afterwards for a week and i felt very much relieved though i still have some mild movements in my stomach. 4 now i am taking the regular baking soda and tumeric mixed in half cup of water 2* daily, euchinicae once and the kwai garlic once. i feel very good but i am thinking of adding the colloidal silver to my supplements to keep it in check.

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Posted by Ang (Auckland, New Zealand) on 02/01/2008
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Thank you for your wonderful website! I tried your tumeric cure on my 8 1/2 year old son, who just recently had school sores (impetigo), and then started to develop a boil (which is exactly what happened last time he had school sores at age 5 - he then went on to have boils for about 4 months). I gave him a tsp of tumeric in a chocolate milkshake 3 x per day for two days and the boil totally dried up and didn't get big or painful...and, no more boils have developed after 1 week! Awesome!!

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Posted by Annette (St. Louis, MO) on 10/22/2007
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Checked this site for boil help and tried tumeric. It works just as the other posts indicated. After one day, pain and swelling subsides. After a few more days, newer boil gone, older stubborn boil 95 percent gone. I took capsules. Highly recommended.

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Posted by Jennifer (Granite Quarry, North Carolina) on 08/23/2007
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i have had 2 boils since april. the first one i went to the hospital and had it lanced and packed with packing strip, which hurt like crazy. it come from switching my razor to a venus breeze..it caused my legs to get razor burnt, then i started getting these painful bumps on my shins. then one got huge and i couldn't barely walk. so, i went to the hospital and went thru hell. this time i got one, i don't know how, but it just pops up on the back of my leg. i was NOT going back to the hospital, so i looked home remedies up on the internet and found this website...which saved me from a whole lot more pain. i took a teaspoon of tumeric and put tea tree oil on it...and 2 days later...it's about gone! i also had some antibiotics (levaquin)...and hot baths work wonders for the pain...but only while your'e in the bath...but i am thankiN' God every day i found this website...

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Posted by Stephanie (Worcester, MA) on 08/22/2007
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I always get boils, nothing ever helps. Have had them all lanced (4). After getting the last one lanced, which hurt more than anything I have every experienced (it was on my bikini line were the fold is on my upper thigh) I now noticed that another boils appeared on the scar of the last one. I absolutely refuse to have anything ever lanced again. I found your website, don't know how. Bought Turmeric mixed it with plain water into a paste, applied it for 15 minutes. The next day it starting oozing, gross, but good news! No lancing required! I am so happy. Although I cannot stand the taste of it, I will be drinking plenty of it this week. Thanks so much, I am truly grateful to your website! Good luck everyone