Justsayin (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) on 05/22/2011:

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

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Margaret (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) on 05/10/2011:

TURMERIC REALLY WORKS!!!

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.

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Sourgrape (Sweet Home, Oregon) on 02/23/2011:

My daughter was diagnosed with Hidradenitis Suppurativa a year ago when she was 13. The only place she got HS was in the crease of her breasts. It was very bad. Open, seeping wounds with holes that you could stick the end of a Q-tip into (did not try, the MD did this) and very bad tunneling. It was raw, red and very very sore; about 8 inches long and 5 inches wide. The MD said it was because her breasts are so large (34-F). The MD really didn't know what to do for her, at first she said we had to go to a plastic surgeon to have the skin between her breasts removed and new skin graphed in and a reduction. The surgeon said he would not touch her (thankfully) they finally put her on antibiotics, which they concluded she was allergic to, and they did not work.

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.

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Moe (Rochester, Nh) on 09/04/2010:

I have been using the turmeric for less than 1 week, it has made an amazing difference. Thank you all for posting about this. It has been a miracle for me.

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Turmeric_blessed (London, Uk) on 08/21/2010:

I was on anti-biotics for a period of almost 3 months, but HS was not getting healed. I rather started having terrible side effects of anti-biotics.. As I was away from home, I couldnt even see a doctor.. I am really grateful to this website to help me out of pain. I tried out turmeric theory (i have turmeric with milk twice a day and also apply turmeric paste on the affected part at night before sleeping)
HS has been under control, though not cured yet, but the pain has reduced a lot and size has decreased considerably.. Thanks a lot..

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Johnner (Kildare, Ireland) on 08/04/2010:

Suffered with HS for about 15yrs now; As anyone who has this knows.... You will try just about anything to ease the pain of it. So I've been taking one tsp turmeric powder in milk and honey for almost 2 weeks now... And truth be told... The first day I was knocking this stuff back hoping it wasn't a practical joke. You do get kinda used to the taste... I've had far worse medications prescribed!! IT IS AWESOME!!!!!!!! SEVEN golf ball size boils on inner thighs, bikini area and under boobs have all come to a head and drained!!!!! I've had this batch of boils for at least 4 months; doctor useless. Told me to loose a bit of weight. I cant go from standing to sitting or even walk without wincing in serious agony. So how do I exercise the weight off?? Ridiculous!! But yesterday, I walked for miles, up and down cliffs and hills and no pain... At all!!!! Not cleared completely yet but continuing to improve. I really wish I had known about this years ago so I wouldnt be so badly scarred. Can't recommend enough... Yes Yes Yes

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