Got a headache? Eat some daisies! From radishes to watercress - plants that can work as well as medicines
- - Plants, vegetables and flowers can replace some medication
- - Go natural to beat migraine, joint pain or an upset stomach this summer
By ROGER DOBSON
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Whether it is high blood pressure, migrane or period pains, it is not always necessary to reach into the medicine cabinet.
Instead take a walk around your garden, as you might find more than one remedy to ease your pain.
Radishes may help you lower your blood pressure and watercress has a proven effect against bronchitis, but there is more to find in your flowerbeds to aid your ailments.
Plant painkiller: Feverfew blocks the release of some of the inflammatory substances believed to contribute to migraines and stops the narrowing of blood vessels
STAVE OFF MIGRAINE WITH... Feverfew
Why it works: This member of the sunflower family contains parthenolides which combat the narrowing of blood vessels that occurs in migraine, according to a University of Maryland report.
Other compounds may also have an anti-inflammatory effect, say researchers at Denver University. Extracts of feverfew block the release of the inflammatory substances serotonin and prostaglandin – thought to contribute to migraines.
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