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Is there any evidence turmeric actually thins the blood?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

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Tumeric: See: Anticoagulant activities of curcumin and its derivative at https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22531131. Curcumin is found in Tumeric.

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Answered 5/20/2019

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