Post by Rik Wallin on Apr 6, 2007 10:42:10 GMT -6
Feverfew What is it?
Feverfew is Chrysanthemum parthenium, a hardy perennial with daisy-like flowers and mum-like leaves. It's been used for migraine for centuries.
The original method was to eat several leaves per day, with bread. The only side effect I've ever seen listed is that you could get mouth sores, probably from eating the raw leaves.
Now, most people get it at a health food store dried in capsules. You can take one or more per day.
Feverfew is used to prevent migraines and has to be taken every day. It may not prevent all of them, if the triggers are too strong, but in my personal experience it seems to prevent many that would be expected, and those you do get shouldn't be as bad.
There have actually been studies by the formal medical establishment that show that feverfew works (published in Lancet and some other journals). But the drug companies can't patent herbs, so look for it in the health food stores. Sometimes the capsules are combinations with other herbs, such as one called Migrelief, or other brand names.
Health,
Marylin Kraker
Feverfew is Chrysanthemum parthenium, a hardy perennial with daisy-like flowers and mum-like leaves. It's been used for migraine for centuries.
The original method was to eat several leaves per day, with bread. The only side effect I've ever seen listed is that you could get mouth sores, probably from eating the raw leaves.
Now, most people get it at a health food store dried in capsules. You can take one or more per day.
Feverfew is used to prevent migraines and has to be taken every day. It may not prevent all of them, if the triggers are too strong, but in my personal experience it seems to prevent many that would be expected, and those you do get shouldn't be as bad.
There have actually been studies by the formal medical establishment that show that feverfew works (published in Lancet and some other journals). But the drug companies can't patent herbs, so look for it in the health food stores. Sometimes the capsules are combinations with other herbs, such as one called Migrelief, or other brand names.
Health,
Marylin Kraker