Charms & Harms: Feverfew

Feverfew and Migraine Headaches

In 1973, at the suggestion of a friend, and apparently based on the advice of a traditional Welsh healer, a Welsh woman Mrs Anne Jenkins tried taking three fresh leaves of feverfew iJanacetum parthenium) each day in an attempt to rid herself of severe and recurrent migraines. After ten months, Mrs Jenkins' headaches had vanished and did not return as long as she kept taking feverfew. Her enthus...

‘Charms’ in Childrearing

Traditional or cultural practices are time honored rituals and beliefs which are prevalent in the community and they may pertain to a wide range of activities. A charm is defined as something worn about the person to ward off evil or ensure good fortune. Commonest purpose for use of a charm is for general wellbeing, and is found to be higher among people living in rural areas in joint family wi...

Melatonin in feverfew and other medicinal plants.

1598 Vol 350 • November 29, 1997 35% relative to the first trimester, in contrast to the 16% average decrease in the years 1993–96. During the third trimester of 1997, the number of cases of diarrhoea decreased, yet were still 25% above the figures seen in previous years for the same trimester. In Peru and neighbouring countries affected by El Niño— Chile, Ecuador, and Colombia—we anticipate an...

Migraine Headaches: Feverfew or Chamomile Leaves?

The purpose of this study was to compare and analyse active components in feverfew and chamomile using High Performance Thin Layer Chromatography as the analytical method. Both plants belong to the same Asteraceae family and feverfew is sometimes mistaken for German chamomile due to similar flowers. Feverfew leaves have been traditionally used in the treatment of migraine, with Parthenolide reg...

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