Migraine Headaches And Herbal Remedies

By: Lee MacRae

Migraines are one of the most painful and debilitating conditions a person may suffer from today. If you're thinking you are alone in suffering them or that that migraines aren't very common, these statistics may surprise you: In developed areas, migraines are as much as 300 to 500 percent more common than in third world and Asian countries. More than 500,000,000 (five hundred million) people have migraines every year. The following article will supply some information you can apply to help relieve your own migraines. The frequency and length of an attack can differ greatly from one sufferer to the next, lasting anywhere between a few hours, days and, in severe cases, even weeks. Contrary to popular belief a blinding headache is only one symptom of a migraine attack, as it can also cause nausea and vomiting, sensitivity to light and sound, limb numbness and speech impairment.

The following delicious Migraine Tea from Ana Nez Heatherly of Gatesville, Texas, appears in the July 1995 Mother Earth News. She prepares a cold infusion of:

6 parts Rosemary leaves

4 parts Peppermint leaves;

4 parts Lemon Balm leaves;

4 parts Sweet Violet;

3 parts Feverfew

1/2 part sweet Violet FlowersButterbur (Petasites hybridus) is a perrenial shrub in the aster family that h as demonstrated a high deal of efficacy for the treatment of migraine headaches.

A double blind migraine study was published in Neurology in 2002. Researchers gave 202 migraine sufferers 100 to 150 mg of butterbur extract or a placebo twice a day. The butterbur suffers had 50% fewer migraines than usual while thos taking a placebo experienced only a 26% drop in migraine frequency.

A similar and previous study in 2000 with 58 patients came up with patients reporting 50% fewer headaches while the placebo group had only 10Herbs for migraine and other headaches can be very helpful, but there's lot of bad and even dangerous information out there.

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