Advice remedies for migraines

I am starting to get terrible migraines, think it is this computer screen bringing them on.
Saw a discussion a while ago about what to take and cant find it :rolleyes:

 

Feverfew was the topic. Too late to plant any now, but I understand that you can buy feverfew tablets. It is not mumbo jumbo, feverfew is a natural source of aspirin and has been tested by migraine research clinics.

 

Thanks hornbeam, will probably go to the herbel shop, kandyfloss had just mentioned that in a discussion in wakey wakey and maybe next year i will get the plant knowing what to do with the leaves is another story.

 

Could i still get feverfew at garden centres or is it too late and do you make it like tea and shred the leaves up

 

My herbal recommends a dosage of 1-3 medium sized leaves per day. They recommend chewing a leaf! I've no idea what it tastes like.
You should still find it in a good nursery, or seeds for next year are available from Suffolk Herbs, Chilterns', and Nickys' nurseries.
Try the tablets from a health store to see if they work.

 

Rosa.I have feverfew growing in my front garden.If I can find some seeds I will post them to you, but I thnk the plants have already dropped them for this year.

Kandy

 

You can make a tea with the leaves or just chew one or two. They are bitter, but not unpleasantly so.

 

You can make a tea with the leaves or just chew one or two. They are bitter, but not unpleasantly so. Still in flower in my garden so you may be able to get one at a garden centre.
Feverfew


Meadowsweet is another good headache/migraine remedy

 

thanks guys, Those plants are very interesting will have to try and get them

 

sorry just realized i am logged into jazzs at the moment yes this is rosa here

 

Rosa x2 Codis and a sleep, works most times. My doctor gave me some pre-emptive medication which are supposed to catch them before they occur. But unfortunately I am usually woken up by migraine so its too late to use them. Always have some food before taking the Codis because they can irritate a tender stomach. I have never tried herbal remedies for migraines but to be honest my migraines are so painful and debilitating I can't imagine being able to go and pick leaves and make a cuppa with them in between throwing up and desperately trying to sleep.

BM

 

I know this isn't the place but given how debilitating the condition is it seems worth the inclusion: I seem to recall reading in New Scientist not very long ago about a medication that stops migraines dead in about 30% of people. I can't remember why some were lucky, maybe genetic, maybe to do with the range of causes of the migraine, also I don't know if it was still in development or trials. Might be worth asking the doc if anything new is on the shelf.

Personally I think Feverfew tastes yuk, but I find it too pretty to remove. Does Meadowsweet have a long history of use for this Hornbeam, and can you tell us how to prepare it? There's lots of it around me.

 

Hi BM & ROSA i also used to get migraine headaches very bad i.e. flashing lights & sickness with the blinding pain.Have taken "imigran" for years which does work for me,mind i feel crap for about 2hrs then i am able to do things again.paracetamol & ibuprofen taken together can help with pain.(sorry but feverfew didn't help me)

 

When i replied earlier forgot i was logged in on jazz,s.
Still dont feel to good all day i have been feeling just washed out and sickly, I have been getting these migraines since i was 9 and still get them, they ceased for a while but these past few weeks they are coming back with a vengeance, I am sure stress can bring them on as i have been stressed about the crash and lights in supermarkets are really bad for migraine sufferers.
Yes those pills you get bm you have to catch the migraine at its earliest stage but as you know you still feel awful.
When one comes on i usually take 2 celebrex.
Migraines are horrid worse than a normal headache as they affect your eye-sight with double vision it is horrid.
Anyway i am pleased to be back as rosa, felt strange being jazz. :D :D