article_snippet.sent: Dr Uzma Ali, an NHS GP who also works at the Integrated Medical Centre in London, explains that as a child she was always given a glass of warm milk with half a teaspoon of the spice turmeric if she fell over.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Uzma Ali was always given a glass of warm milk with half a teaspoon of the spice turmeric if she fell over . '
article_snippet.sent: Only now do I know why that was - turmeric contains an ingredient called curcumin which has been found to have a powerful anti-inflammatory action. '
article_snippet.sent: Now, if I see patients with problems like sports injuries, back pain, whiplash, fibromyalgia or sciatica, I suggest that I see patients with problems like sports injuries, back pain, whiplash, fibromyalgia or sciatica add a supplement of curcumin to I see patients with problems like sports injuries, back pain, whiplash, fibromyalgia or sciatica treatment - or, if I see patients with problems like sports injuries, back pain, whiplash, fibromyalgia or sciatica can't take painkillers, that I see patients with problems like sports injuries, back pain, whiplash, fibromyalgia or sciatica use it as I see patients with problems like sports injuries, back pain, whiplash, fibromyalgia or sciatica primary remedy. '
article_snippet.sent: Exactly how it works isn't known but my personal theory is that it somehow stops the nerves being as sensitive to pain signals. '
highlights_snippet.sent: Dr Uzma Ali advises patients with aches to take a curcumin supplement .