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Feverfew
Reduces fever, as well as number and severity of
headaches, and the nausea of migraines; good for pain relief, chills,
colds, and arthritis; helps body heal & strengthen itself; alcohol
destroys its effects. Feverfew has been used since early Roman times
to induce menstruation and is given in difficult births in order to aid
expulsion of the placenta. Useful for migraines associated with
menstruation.
Extracts of the aboveground parts of the
plant can reduce the body's manufacture of prostaglandin, a chemical
important in inflammation, by up to 88 percent. This and other
anti-inflammatory activity might explain why feverfew has been used to
treat psoriasis. Despite this, a clinical trial for rheumatoid arthritis
showed no benefit over placebo. |