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Turmeric causes bleeding at sight of scratch, reader says

By Joel Graedon and Dr. Teresa Graedon
Mar 12, 2013
Mar 12, 2013

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Q: I started taking turmeric to fight inflammation and got a nasty surprise. I began bleeding at the slightest scratch.

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