I'd been so sick for almost 5 days with a killer migraine , I finally creeped to my computer to seek help from friends . Well one suggested I use feverfew . I decided to add some valerian root and WHAT DO YOU KNOW !? I found relief 100000% before I'd even drank half a 10oz cup . So here's my recipe . To a large coffiee mug 10oz. add the following : 1teaspoon dry feverfew 1/2 teaspoon dry valerian root 1or2 tea bags any kind you like the flavor of . Pour boiling water over this and allow to steep for 5 minutes strain add sugar or honey (trust me you'll need to sweeten this one ) Drink this tea very slowly but do drink the entire cup then go lie down . It will make you drowsy . I fell asleep before I finished the cup and when I woke up a hour later the migraine was gone !  The following is some very deatiled info on both herbs I used so everyone has a chance to know what the herbs are and what they do . Description---Feverfew (a corruption of Febrifuge, from its tonic and fever-dispelling properties) is a composite plant growing in every hedgerow, with numerous, small, daisy-like heads of yellow flowers with outer white rays, the central yellow florets being arranged on a nearly flat receptacle, not conical as in the chamomiles. The stem is finely furrowed and hairy, about 2 feet high; the leaves alternate, downy with short hairs, or nearly smooth-about 4 1/2 inches long and 2 inches broad - bipinnatifid, with serrate margins, the leaf-stalk being flattened above and convex beneath. It is not to be confounded with other wild chamomile-like allied species, which mostly have more feathery leaves and somewhat large flowers; the stem also is upright, whereas that of the true garden Chamomile is procumbent. The delicate green leaves are conspicuous even in mild winter. The whole plant has a strong and bitter smell, and is particularly disliked by bees. A double variety is cultivated in gardens for ornamental purposes, and its flower-heads are sometimes substituted for the double Chamomile. Country people have long been accustomed to make curative uses of this herb, which grows abundantly throughout England. Gerard tells us that it may be used both in drinks, and bound on the wrists is of singular virtue against the ague. Pyrethrum is derived from the Greek pur (fire), in allusion to the hot taste of the root. |
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