You can make your own turmeric ginger tincture at home to combat inflammation. Turmeric is a powerful herb that helps with inflammation of all kinds whether it is acute or chronic.
What Causes Inflammation?
Inflammation is a normal response that your body has to illness or injury. It's actually an essential response to heal the body. Inflammation occurs when inflammatory cells travel to the location of an injury or infection in the body. The cells assist with a current injury or infection as acute inflammation which is not a unhealthy occurrence.
What is Chronic Inflammation?
Chronic inflammation is what can become a longer term health challenge if the inflammatory cells stay in a part of the body to long. This is a slow process that can prolong for many months or years. The extent of the effects vary greatly depending on the severity. Due to the slow process it is sometimes hard to know that it is happening until symptoms occur.
How does Turmeric & Ginger help inflammation?
Turmeric
The active ingredient in turmeric that combats inflammation is curcumin. Current evidence suggests that curcumin is effective in reducing levels of inflammatory mediators. Additionally, curcumin’s anti-inflammatory properties may have a beneficial effect on inflammatory diseases like inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis, psoriasis, depression, atherosclerosis and COVID-19 (source).
Ginger
Ginger shows similar effects. Studies show ginger compounds such as 6-gingerol and 6-shogaol have an anti-inflammatory effect by inhibiting the production of inflammatory mediators.
How to Use Turmeric and Ginger
In Ayurvedic medicine ginger and turmeric are combined quite often with black pepper. According to the ancient wisdoms of Ayurveda, black pepper helps make ginger and turmeric more available for the body to use.
An inexpensive and powerful way to take advantage of these healing benefits, you can make your own turmeric ginger and black pepper tincture.
Turmeric Ginger Tincture
You will need:
- Turmeric root (fresh if possible)
- Fresh Ginger root
- Black peppercorns
- 100 proof vodka
- Glass mason jar
If you have ever made a tincture before, (like maybe this Cranberry Tincture recipe) this will be a familiar process. The amounts you need depend on the size of your jar.
- Grind up the turmeric root and ginger root in a food processor.
- Fill your glass jar about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way full with the fresh plant matter.
- Add the peppercorns on top – a few tablespoons to 1/4 cup will do if you are using a quart mason jar.
- Pour 100 proof vodka over top of the herbs until completely full.
- Cover with a tight fitting lid.
- Label your jar.
- Let this sit for 6-8 weeks before straining.
- Once strained, store in a dark glass bottle.
- Tinctures will last at least 2 years (if not indefinitely)
Turmeric Ginger Black Pepper Tincture
Ingredients
- Turmeric root fresh if possible
- Fresh Ginger root
- Black peppercorns
- 100 proof vodka
- Glass mason jar
Instructions
- Grind up the turmeric root and ginger root in a food processor.
- Fill your glass jar about 2/3 to 3/4 of the way full with the fresh plant matter.
- Add the peppercorns on top – a few tablespoons to 1/4 cup will do if you are using a quart mason jar.
- Pour 100 proof vodka over top of the herbs until completely full.
- Cover with a tight fitting lid.
- Label your jar.
- Let this sit for 6-8 weeks before straining.
- Once strained, store in a dark glass bottle.
- Tinctures will last at least 2 years (if not indefinitely)
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