Curcuma longa, a member of the ginger family (Zingiberaceae), has been used for thousands of years as a remedy in the traditional Indian and folk medicine for the cure of a large variety of illnesses, such as inflammation, infectious diseases, and gastric, hepatic, and blood disorders. Curcumin is a major isolated polyphenol from the rhizome of turmeric (Curcuma longa). It has a wide range of pharmacological effects such as antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, antitumor, and hepatoprotective activities. Pharmacological activities of curcumin and its applications are numerous.

Euphorbia grantii is a species of succulent plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. In Brazil, the bottled latex of Janauba is popularly used as a treatment of all types of cancer. By accident, we discovered that it also cures persistent gastritis caused by the nasty H. Pylori.