Feverfew, of course, is an herb, and we think we know why it works. During a migraine headache, the platelets in the blood tend to over aggregate, and they also seem to release serotonin. We will talk more about this later, when we discuss the role of 5-HTP in migraines. Parthenolide, one of the components of feverfew, counters this overaggregation of platelets and the release of serotonin. According to Dr. Duke, feverfew is best taken as a tea or capsule.
Many people actually chew the fresh leaves, which works, but has a tendency to irritate the mouth.
With the capsules or tea, you don t have this problem. OK, since I have broken into our discussion of treatments for headache migraine headaches in particular, maybe we should take a short break. When we come back, we will continue, covering many other interesting and effective treatments, including 5-HTP, vitamin B2, Magnesium, vitamin B6, ginger, and more. So stay tuned. Now, we left off our discussion of migraine treatments with the herb, feverfew.