Butterbur, a shrub that grows in Asia, North America and Europe, may be the key to outsmarting common health conditions, including allergies and chronic headaches. The bushy plant, which can grow up ...

Dec. 21, 2004 -- An herbal extract called Butterbur Ze339 is effective for the treatment of allergic rhinitis, according to the results of a randomized, double-blind study published in the December ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An herbal extract may help many migraine sufferers reduce the number of attacks by nearly 50 percent, a new study suggests. Researchers found that a daily dose of Petasites hybridus root, commonly ...

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 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.

The leaf, root and bulb of the herb butterbur (Scientific name Petasites officinales) is used to make medicine. Only butterbur products that are certified and labeled "PA-free" should be used, Since ...