In a study released by Fox news, researchers have discovered a homeopathic combination of ginger and the herb, feverfew, could provide relief for people who suffer from migraines. Feverfew, a substance derived from a flowering plant .Feverfew is a known herbal remedy for headaches. In a study by PuraMed Bioscience, the company that makes the feverfew/ginger treatment, the participants were randomly assigned to the control and test groups. The participants placed a sachet under their tongue at the first signs of a migraine. In the study, one third of the test group reported being pain-free within two hours, compared to half as many within the control group. At the end of the study, 63% of the test group taking the herbal mixture experienced pain relief, compared to 39% of the control group that was receiving the placebo treatment. There is a possibility that due to the size of the study, the random assignment of the study groups, and the differing severity of the migraines experienced by the participants could affect the study’s credibility. “I don’t think that accounts for the differences in efficacy here,” states Dr. Roger Cady, Director of the Headache Care Center of Springfield, MO, and a participating researcher in study. While still unclear about how it works, Cady, believes the results are real. Though intrigued by the results of this study, Dr. Rebecca Erwin Wells, an instructor at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, believes the study has flaws, and has noted that the CEO and chairman of PuraMed Bioscience is one of the authors. In a study published by Wells and her colleges in the journal, Headache, it was cited that people who suffer from migraines are more likely to seek alternative methods of treatment than people suffering from other medical disorders are.
I'm curious as to whether or not this is currently available in health food stores for consumer use? I don't have migraines but do have dreadful headaches, and always prefer going a more natural route than pumping toxic chemicals into my system when it can at ALL be avoided!!
ReplyDeleteGlad to know someone's at least working on it!
Marie and Lesli,
ReplyDeleteYou guys might be interested to learn that straight aspirin is mostly natural: the active ingredient is derived from willow bark, and has been used as a pain killer/fever reducer/anti-inflammatory for centuries.
Just an interesting little fact.
Also, one thing that works spectacularly well on my migraines is a cup of very strong, black coffee and a couple of aspirin. Caffeine works to constrict the blood vessels in the brain that dilate to cause migraines, and the aspirin's effects as an anti-inflammatory work along with it.
I was glad to read about ginger helping headaches. ive used it to ease a stomach ache but not a headache. my wife gets horrible headaches and now maybe i can help her more by suggesting this. thank you.
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