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Butterbur: The Herb that Relieves Migraines, Allergies, Asthma & More

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By Charles Platt In this article, you'll learn about butterbur and discover how this herb relieves migraines, allergies, asthma and more. Every year, nearly a million people in the United States end up in the emergency room seeking relief from debilitating migraine pain.  Severe migraine headaches remain an unresolved medical issue for millions of people despite the availability of powerful drugs and specialty migraine clinics. For most people, taming their migraines is an ongoing series of trial and error events using various medications and stress-reduction therapies. For some, however, the very drugs taken to resolve a migraine may actually create a chronic migraine condition.2 Alarming studies have even shown that those who suffer from a certain type of migraine are at risk for a life-threatening cardiovascular disease. Given the...

How to Asthma-Proof Your Home

Rethink Your Window Treatments   Planning to redecorate? One of the best ways to minimize asthma symptoms in your home is to replace curtains and carpeting. “Curtains are hotbeds f...

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Less Than A Teaspoon Of This Food Could Help You Breathe Easier

By CAROLINE PRADERIO You know olive oil comes with an array of health benefits, including slashing cancer risk, lowering blood pressure, and fighting wrinkles, to name a few. Now, new evidence published in Environmental Health Perspectives shows that it can also protect your body from the effects of air pollution. Researchers at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recruited three groups of middle-aged people to test whether eating different types of oil could fight the health risks linked to air pollution—a real concern since breathing polluted air can increase blood pressure, impair blood vessel function, and even trigger strokes and heart attacks in people with heart problems. The first group in the study supplemented with three fish oil pills daily, the second swallowed three olive oil capsules (the equivalent of...

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