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Butterbur for kids

by James on 21 March 2005

Back in January I told you about the new research on the herb butterbur.  A regular dosage of butterbur reduced headache frequency by almost 50%. Now, butterbur is being tried with children, and the results are encouraging.  In this month’s issue of Headache: The Journal of Head and Face Pain, German researchers did a study [...]

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Butterbur becomes respectable

by James on 8 January 2005

A herb for migraine is gaining new respect in the scientific world, thanks to a recent study.  That herb is an extract of petasites hybridus root, commonly known as butterbur.  Butterbur has been around for a while, but the research for migraine has been weak.  Dr Richard B. Lipton from the Einstein College of Medicine [...]

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