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Found relief after 25 years of migraine attacks

I wanted to share this in the hope that it might help someone else.
I’ve suffered from migraines for around 25 years, I’m in my 40s now and in the last 2 years my migraines became increasingly severe, lasting 4-6 weeks. I struggled by using sumatriptan to ease the symptoms but it was having a lasting negative impact on my life.
My mum (having suffered herself until the age of 60), gave me a bag of dried feverfew, I was very sceptical that a dried plant would help in any way but I’d been drinking loose leaf mint tea anyway so thought there was no harm in trying. I started mixing the feverfew with dried peppermint and drinking it as a tea and within a couple of days my migraine was completely gone. Over time, I found that if I stop drinking it, I leave myself open to the most horrendous pain, often with vomiting but if I drink 2-3 cups a day (skipping one day here or there is usually ok) my migraine attacks have reduced significantly and when I do get them, they are far less severe and only last 1-5 days.
I’ve recently started researching other herbs like lavender, lemon balm and basil, now I know how much difference a herb can make, I’m really hopeful that I can eliminate my migraines for good one day.

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