Posted by IsoM on October 16, 2002, at 13:40:23
In reply to Migraine relief--new article » bookgurl99, posted by BeardedLady on October 16, 2002, at 7:00:24
Beardy, why not the leaves? Where did you read this? The evidence of feverfew helping migraines started from anecdotal bits accumulated over many years. One woman who frequently had migraines got in the habit of breaking off a piece of leaf everyday that she worked in her garden. It occurred to her after a couple of months that she wasn't getting migraines like she used to. It was stories like this that started it.
In feverfew preparations, it's the leaves that are used. I know someone who nibbles her leaves from fresh plants to help her. I've tried them fresh as well as the dried prepared forms. But zilcho, nada, it doesn't help me.
Personally, I've tried so many preparations for migraines through the years from beta-blockers to ergot preparations to feverfew, ad nauseum - I've lost count. But none have touched my migraines. They'd come on whether I took something or not. Now that I'm older, they're much fewer & often I only get the strange auras but no pain follows. I do feel a little out of it though afterwards. They don't disrupt my life like they use to so I'm fine with how few they've become.
As you know, I've taken supplemental forms of B complex most of my life, so that's not an avenue to fix them for me either. ANything that can't be fixed, I just attribute it to the fact that I'm loupy & was meant to be. ^_*
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