Foods for headaches and migraine
What APEX holds on the table for headaches and migraine: 11 foods, each with where it comes from and why it is ours. Not a treatment plan — the food, and the reason it is on the list.
Compiled by APEX Legacy from published research and documented food
history, under the editorial direction of
Jonathan Jackson, Founder .
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Vegetables
Feverfew Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) is the daisy-like garden herb whose parthenolide content… Blue Vervain Blue vervain (Verbena hastata) grows in wet meadows and creek banks across the eastern…
Drinks
White Willow Bark Tea Nature's aspirin — the willow bark whose salicin the original aspirin was synthesized… Peppermint Dried peppermint leaves or peppermint essential oil. Tea: brewed leaves for digestive and… Peppermint Tea Peppermint tea after a heavy meal is not just a habit — menthol activates TRPM8 cold…
Herbs & Spices
Vervain Blue vervain — the Southern Black American nerve herb that calms anxiety, eases tension… Securidaca longepedunculata Securidaca, the violet tree, is among the most universally used medicinal roots in Africa… Culinary Lavender The purple flower buds of the lavender plant, used dried as a culinary flower — in teas… Griffonia simplicifolia Griffonia is the West African legume whose black seeds are the planet's main natural… Ginger Root Aromatic rhizome used fresh, dried, and powdered. Contains gingerols and shogaols — the…
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