By dietary change, by use of natural products like vitamin B2, riboflavin, there's an interesting herb called butterbur that looks effective for reducing frequency of migraine.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 10, 2004] Reference

Some find benefit in herbal remedies, such as butterbur, which appears to be safe if taken for a short period to prevent migraines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Migraines: Options Prevent /Treat Pounding Pain | Impact Lab] Reference

And only use butterbur products that are labeled as free of PAs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Herbal hay fever remedies to watch out for] Reference

One favorite at the moment is butterbur, also called Petasites hybridus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Companies Cashing In On Allergies] Reference

To the flat rock of the shore Take with thee the butterbur And the foxglove.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]

Over the door was painted in white letters: the prancing pony by barliman butterbur.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lord of the Rings]

Some butterbur products contain chemicals called unsaturated pyrrolizidine alkaloids, which can harm the liver.    From Wordnik.com.  [Supplements and herbal remedies may ease migraines] Reference

Read more about herbal remedies for hay fever (free), and read our Natural Medicine Ratings for butterbur (subscribers only).    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: Honey for allergies?] Reference

The only herbal remedy with documented effectiveness against the seasonal sniffles is butterbur, which may reduce levels of chemicals that can set off the body's allergic response.    From Wordnik.com.  [Q&A: Honey for allergies?] Reference

ButterburOne of the best-studied natural medicines for allergies, butterbur may ease hay-fever symptoms, possibly by reducing levels of histamines and leukotrienes, chemicals that can set off an allergic response.    From Wordnik.com.  [Herbal hay fever remedies to watch out for] Reference

We found supplements like bioflavonoids, for example, which are like natural antihistamines and vitamins A, C, and E, along with herbal remedies, like butterbur and grape seed have been linked with treating allergies.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Apr 10, 2004] Reference

Experiment with the herb butterbur as a preventative.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

There is, however, something curious about this butterbur.    From Wordnik.com.  [Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies] Reference

So, too, the butterbur of the river flowers before its great leaf comes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Field and Hedgerow Being the Last Essays of Richard Jefferies] Reference

Other natural approaches include the herb butterbur and the supplement Coenzyme Q10.    From Wordnik.com.  [Spokesman.com: Latest stories] Reference

It is only the wild butterbur, yet its delicacy lifts the wintry day on to the steps of summer.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Spring of Joy: A Little Book of Healing] Reference

The herbal products feverfew and butterbur may prevent migraine, through the benefits haven't been proved.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

You have to really, really, want to grow Japanese butterbur or Queen of the Prairie to go to that extreme.    From Wordnik.com.  [Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz] Reference

Instead, choose PA-free butterbur extracts standardized to contain a minimum of 7.5 mg of petasin and isopetasin.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

For seasonal allergies such as hay fever, he recommends the herb butterbur, shown to ease allergies without causing drowsiness.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Another herb long prized for its healing qualities (it was used to treat plague), butterbur extract can help reduce inflammation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Reader's Digest] Reference

Headache showed that an extract of butterbur root significantly reduced the frequency of migraine attacks among the 58 patients participating.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference

River and leat and back-water here ran clear among willow-clad islands, all fringed deep with meadow-sweet and comfrey and butterbur and melilot.    From Wordnik.com.  [At Large] Reference

I see in the fields and meadows the bird's foot trefoil, the oxeye daisy, the lady smocks, sweet hemlock, butterbur, the stitchwort, and the orchis, the "long purpled" of Shakespeare.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of the Bush Containing Many Truthful Sketches Of The Early Colonial Life Of Squatters, Whalers, Convicts, Diggers, And Others Who Left Their Native Land And Never Returned] Reference

In Allan Water, near by where it falls into the Forth, we found a little sandy islet, overgrown with burdock, butterbur and the like low plants, that would just cover us if we lay flat.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kidnapped] Reference

But the long-term safety of butterbur is unknown.    From Wordnik.com.  [Herbal hay fever remedies to watch out for] Reference

A close-up shot of the flowers of butterbur (Petasites hybridus.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magpie's Hoard] Reference