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The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Turmeric: The Bishop

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 22 October 2022

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

A crop that requires patience I sometimes don’t possess, turmeric is ‘The Bishop’ of the herbal remedies world. Learn a few amazing preparations today from Dr. Mark Merriwether Vorderbruggen. Connect with Mark Merriwether Vorderbruggen, Ph.D.: Mr. Mark Merriwether Vorderbruggen, chief herbalist and chemist for Medicine Man Plant Co. Medicine Man Plant Co Foraging Texas Medicina Man Plant Co on Facebook Shop the Store As an exclusive for listeners, use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your entire first order on our store, featuring our flagship Birdies Raised Beds. These are the original metal raised beds, lasting up to 5-10x longer than wooden beds, are ethically made in Australia, and have a customizable modular design.   Shop now and get 5% off your first order. Get Our Books Looking for a beginner's guide to growing food in small spaces? Kevin’s book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, explains the core, essential information that you'll need to grow plants, no matter where you live! He also wrote Grow Bag Gardening to provide you with specialized knowledge that can bring you success when growing in fabric pots. Order signed copies of Kevin’s books, plus more of his favorite titles in our store. More Resources Looking for more information? Follow us: Our Blog YouTube (Including our Epic Homesteading and Jacques in the Garden channels) Instagram (Including Epic Homesteading, Jacques, and Chris) TikTok Facebook Facebook Group Discord Server Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello everyone, welcome back to the Epic Gardening podcast.

0:16.4

We have Dr. Mark, Maryweather Vordabrugan here, chief herbalist and chemist for medicine

0:21.0

man plant company.

0:22.4

He's been on the podcast before and I do recommend you check those episodes out as well.

0:26.4

And today we are discussing turmeric aka the bishop on marks game board of plants that

0:32.8

you can use to help boost your health and strength in the immune system.

0:36.5

So I've grown this one to limited degrees of success.

0:40.9

I think I actually got impatient and pulled it early so I didn't let enough time develop

0:45.9

for the actual turmeric root and oh well, you know lesson learned, be a little more patient

0:50.6

in the garden.

0:51.6

From your perspective, why is it the bishop and what does it do for us?

0:56.0

All right.

0:57.0

If you think about the bishop, especially in many of the times, the bishop had some control

1:01.4

over the political side of things.

1:04.8

It could help tell the nights what to do and everyone else.

1:09.0

So in the case of your immune system, the turmeric, it is a very potent anti-inflammatory

1:15.6

due to a compound code curcumin.

1:18.4

This, well, the inflammation is a very potent part of the immune system.

1:26.2

When you first encounter some sort of infection, a signal tells your lymph system and your

1:32.2

blood to become more, your blood vessels to become more porous.

1:36.5

So more blood and lymph can flow out into the infected area.

1:40.7

This has two things.

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