Sayer Ji, of GreenMedInfo, explained on X.com that there are a number of medical trials that pitted drugs against spices in which the spices outperformed the drugs. He writes:
2/ CURCUMIN vs METFORMIN — prediabetes
RCT in Diabetes Care (ADA’s own journal), 9 months.
Curcumin: 0% progressed to diabetes
Placebo: 16.4%Metformin, the front-line drug, cut progression by just 31% over 3 yrs. No drug has ever hit 100%.
https://t.co/Mn2wVwmCkp
— Sayer Ji (@sayerjigmi) October 3, 2026
4/ SAFFRON vs PROZAC & LEXAPRO — depression, OCD
6 head-to-head trials. Saffron matched fluoxetine every time, fewer side effects.
2020: 15mg saffron BEAT 10mg Lexapro on Hamilton scores + remission.
2025 meta-analysis, 8 RCTs: saffron = SSRIs.
https://t.co/msWlrsMExx https://t.co/HZtWOQB5Z8
— Sayer Ji (@sayerjigmi) October 3, 2026
6/ TURMERIC vs IBUPROFEN & NAPROXEN — knee arthritis
367 pts: 1,500mg turmeric = 1,200mg ibuprofen. 96–97% satisfied. Fewer GI effects.
2022 double-blind RCT: turmeric+ginger+pepper = naproxen. Zero adverse effects.
NSAIDs kill thousands/yr.
https://t.co/lciCRdkAbb https://t.co/mA1273NbA5
— Sayer Ji (@sayerjigmi) October 3, 2026
8/ ECHINACEA + ELDERBERRY vs TAMIFLU — flu
Double-blind, Curr Ther Res 2015.
Recovered by day 10:
Herbs: 90.1%
Tamiflu: 84.8%Fewer complications & side effects.
Govts stockpiled billions in Tamiflu. Cochrane: it saves ~half a day. Elderberry: $12.
https://t.co/ch2Bq2a8mv https://t.co/wIgK9W929f
— Sayer Ji (@sayerjigmi) October 3, 2026
10/ COLOSTRUM vs THE FLU SHOT
Head-to-head, 2 months (Clin Appl Thromb Hemost, 2007).
Flu episodes: colostrum 0.33 vs vaccinated 1.1 — 3x better.
High-risk cardiac pts: colostrum 0 hospitalizations. Vaccine group: multiple + 1 death.
No side effects.
https://t.co/SZUfUkfVG3 https://t.co/9jq8qL3Txe
— Sayer Ji (@sayerjigmi) October 3, 2026
Every study above sits in the National Library of Medicine. None is hidden. It’s just unfindable — in 2021 PubMed deleted the alt-medicine filter.
So we built the ark: 1.4M studies, free to search.
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