Curcumin (turmeric) to prevent blood clots.(Letters to the Editor)(Letter to the Editor)

Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients | April 1, 2004| | Copyright

Editor:

This is about the benefits of curcumin, often called turmeric. It is the herb curcuma longa. I am taking my information from firms selling this herbal remedy but it is worth reading about.

First is the publication of Vitamin Research Products of November 2000 by Ward Dean MD, with the title Fibrinogen. There are two parts to any blood clot--either in a wound or in a blood vessel. First there is the platelet thrombus followed by the more massive fibrin thrombus. It is the more massive fibrin thrombus that so often causes death from heart attack or ...

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