Turmeric yes. It helped until he got a tick bite. That bite started the mother of all flare-ups and he was in bed for a month. He could barely eat at all. His immune system tried to put him in the ground that month! He lost 30 lbs and 3 inches to his height after being in bed so long. He knows that whatever he takes is just slowing it down a bit...thank you for your kind words!