2 Many Blood Thinners? All these Herbs are blood thinners?

baconeggsyum

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Posted 4/29/2011 11:34 PM (GMT 0)

While Tumeric, Boswellia, Ginger Tea, Garlic etc are all good for you shouldn't I be worried I might be aggravating my UC bleeding due to the fact they are all blood thinners?

Do they lessen or increase the effects of Asacol? They weaken NSAID's and other medications... Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Anyone with a Degree in pharmacology or Naturopathy know?

imagardener2

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Posted 4/29/2011 11:54 PM (GMT 0)

That is a good question and something I've been aware of since I am an easy bruiser. I stopped taking turmeric because of bruising a little too much but still use ginger and garlic almost daily in cooking, etc (just made homemade ginger-ale). Bruising stopped when turmeric stopped.

I haven't had any bleeding for 1.5 years however, and even before getting UC bruising was something I had to watch for and didn't use aspirin because of it (no I'm not anemic).

It's important to tell your GI about any/all supplements you are taking even if they don't ask (and they should ask) because there could be interactions.

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