Curcumin, a substance found in the underground stems of plants in the genus Curcuma, has been shown to eliminate symptoms of cystic fibrosis in mice. Human clinical trials are being organized, but few people will be allowed to participate in them and it will be years before curcumin will receive official recognition as a treatment for CF, even if it turns out to work.

Meanwhile, many CF patients will want to try curcumin for themselves. This Yahoo group is a forum for exchanging information about such self-experiments. We will be especially interested in determining effective doses of curcumin and of the bioavailability enhancers which probably need to be combined with it.