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 ...

Butterbur, a herbal supplement sourced from the butterbur plant’s leaves, prevalent in Europe and Asia, has been historically used for treating various health issues. It’s commonly used for managing ...

There are so many natural products on the market that claim to help migraine, but how do you sort through what's snake oil and what could be a potential remedy? And more importantly, how do you know ...

Hay fever sufferers should be turning to their garden for help, not trying to avoid it, according to a new study in Switzerland. The study has found that a herbal treatment called butterbur is as ...

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 ...

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 ...

A herbal extract is as effective as conventional medicines for treating hayfever, research has suggested. A team of Swiss researchers found that not only is the extract, butterbur, as effective as ...