Fermented turmeric against inflammated joints

In the end of 2013 I had first time in my life severe and chronic pain in my wrist and finger joints, and later in my knees, too. The acute pain was in my case caused by an unusual physical load in a cold, humid environment and simultaneously stress and an over-acidifying diet (back then I still ate dairy products, porc meat, sunflower oil, fried food, sugar, lots of bread and other carbs rich in gluten, just to name a few). 

A few months later I first got the hint from a friend to mix organic turmeric powder with oliveoil and black pepper. But as I generally don't like spicy food at all, the spicyness of this mix was a blockage to me to eat it often enough and in sufficient amounts. Back then I didn't have a capsule machine yet. But still with selfmade pepper capsules I had an unpleasant irritated feeling in my stomach after. At least i recognized a slight positive effect from that turmeric-pepper-oil mix. Additionally I removed the above mentioned food almost entirely from my diet, which contributed somehow, too. And tried to reduce my general stress level, too, but didn't yet succeed with the latter back then yet due to several reasons. 

In 2022 I got to know firecider, which is well known for its immune boosting effect, but contained chili peppers, so it was too spicy for me for continuous use, too. 
That brought me to the idea to try sth similar myself, too, just without chili. Additionally I did some research about the topic of bioavailability of curcumin (the yellow coloured antiinflammatory substance in turmeric) when its fermented with Kombucha and vinegar. And indeed I found some papers about it, which I gonna link at the bottom of this article. 

And as all ingredients of traditional firecider recipees are edibe, I decided to not filter them out of the liquid after fermentation, but grind them all fine with my high performance blender. In opposite to the firecider this causes a shorter shelf life (about 1-2 months, depending on storage temperature vs. 2-3 years), but as its highly recommendable to eat it continuously, this doesn't matter so much (1L is my average consumption amount per month). 

One of my clients, a woman in her 50ties with chronic pain in her knees, recently reported after the first month, that she can now finally enjoy her big hobby of dancing again without mentionable pain. 
And I myself don't have any issues with pain in any of my joints anymore, either. And if I sometimes don't take it regularily enough anymore for a while and the pain comes back, it's gone again latest 2 days after I started eating my turmeric mix daily again. 
You can eat it pure or accompaining to any dish you like. To keep its probiotic effect and the Vitamin C from the lemon and orange it contains, it's better not to heat it above 40°C. 

Sources: 

1. https://jddtonline.info/index.php/jddt/article/view/5721
2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37658688/
3. https://foodchemistryjournal.com/?smd_process_download=1&download_id=3015