The Turmanidzes, the family of the healers have applied their ointment to
patients in Georgia since the 11th century. According to Academician Niko Marr,
the family was mentioned in historical records of the Georgian St. Monastery of
the Cross in Jerusalem, as well as other written sources. Some of the family
member used to be the Court doctors. Close to the town of Baghdadi, western
Georgia there is a family monastery and a church dating back to approximately
16th century. It was presented to the Turmanidzes as the Court’s acknowledgment
of their medical skills. An inscription in the church mentions Giorgi and
Gurandukht Turmanidzes. The Turmanidzes have widely used their skills in
treating a number of famous patients. A legend relates that the Italian doctors
desperately trying to save the leg of the wounded Giuseppe Garibaldi approached
a Turmanidze family member, who healed him using his ointments and skills. In
order to demonstrate his fitness, Garibaldi jumped on his galloping horse in
front of his compatriots. The Italians still remember the Georgian healers and
their miraculous ointment.
During the Russian-Turkish war of 1854-65, a Turmanidze, also the healer was
awarded the III grade orders of St. Stanislav and St. Anna “with swards” by the
Russian Czar to acknowledge the family ointment. Later, in the 30s of the 20th
century, Malachia Turmanidze healed Marshal Klimentiy Voroshilov from
furunculous during the latter’s vacation in Borjomi, a famous Georgian resort.
In 1962, Georgian capital Tbilisi hosted an international basketball tournament.
Mr. Boguslav Divish, the Czech sportsman was taken ill with Stevens-Johnson
syndrome – skin necrosis. It was the fifth case of this rare disease in the
USSR, with the four others fatal. The Check sportsman was treated by Giorgi
Turmanidze. The two meter tall giant was terrible to look at: his entire body
was suppurated, he was losing his hair and his nails were coming off. The
athlete was close to death. Owing to the Turmanidze ointment, the Czech
basketball player back on his feet. Mr. Boris Pokrovski, the renowned director
of Moscow’s Bolshoi Theatre, suffering from furunculous was another famous
person treated by the Turmanidzes. The previous treatment at the Kremlin
hospital had been to no avail and he personally asked for doctor Turmanidze’s
arrival in Moscow.
According to a long-standing tradition preserved to this day, the secret recipes
of the three ointments have come down from father to a son. The copyright is now
held by Mr. Zurab Turmanidze, the founder of “Turmanidze Plus “LTD, the grandson
of Mr. Malachia Turmanidze. Combining the long-standing folk medicine methods
and the present day medical accomplishments, the descendents of Mr. Malachia
Turmanidze founded “Turmanidze Plus” LTD. In pharmacies there are now
“Turmanidze + Anti-septic Ointment”, “Turmanidze + Ointment for Burns”,
"Turmanidze + Hemorrhoids ointment" , “Turmanidze + Ointment for Children” ,
"Turmanidze + Unguentum pro decubitis" and our new product - "Turmanidze +
Facial cream" - for dry and combination skin types, approved and registered by
the Agency for Regulation of the Medical Activities of the Georgian Ministry of
Labor, Health and Social Affairs.
The biological and phytogenous Turmanidze ointments require a lot of care,
respect and even fondness. It is applied for all kinds of burns and scalds,
wounds and inflammations. They do not contain any chemical admixtures, so they
have no side effects either allergic or toxic; they can be used by the diabetic
patients, both children and adults, as well as pregnant women and infants. The
centuries-old ointments are free of poisonous substances, heavy metals or
carcinogens.
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