Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Butterbur, a shrub that grows in Asia, North America and Europe, may be the key to outsmarting common health conditions, including ...

Migraine sufferers can have disabling headaches that interfere with daily activities and adversely affect quality of life. Thus, preventive therapy is often used for patients with attacks that are ...

The largest trial so far conducted using Butterbur extract to treat intermittent allergic rhinitis (hay fever) shows that this plant extract is as effective as a commonly used antihistamine (Telfast ...

They have exotic names, such as s tinging nettle and butterbur. Never heard of these herbs? Many allergy sufferers take them for their symptoms. But do alternative allergy treatments really work? Some ...

In medieval Europe the butterbur plant was used to treat victims of the plague -- to little avail. But in the centuries that followed, preparations made from the shrub’s roots did offer relief to ...

The herbal extract, butterbur, is as effective as antihistamines for treating hay fever, and does not have the sedative effects often associated with these drugs, finds a study in this week’s BMJ.

Antihistamines are the classical treatment for seasonal allergic rhinitis (hay fever), but whilst they can reduce rhinorrhoea and sneezing they are less effective in reducing nasal congestion and may ...

What it is: Butterbur (Petasites vulgaris), a perennial herb, has leaves that grow to 3 feet in diameter and were once used to wrap butter—hence its name. Butterbur's strange-looking stalks of purple ...