reported a mitigation of pain and disability in OA patients treated with a herbomineral cocktail containing turmeric for 3 months. In another trial, consumption of a multiplant Ayuverdic drug containing turmeric was reported to reduce pain severity and improve WOMAC score in patients suffering from knee OA (36). Consistently, findings of the trial by Badria et al. (2002) indicated significant reductions in the degree of knee effusion, pain on passive and active movement, tenderness and prolongation of pain-free walking following 3 months of treatment with curcumin-Boswelia combination.