What Is Butterbur?

Butterbur is a plant that that is used as a treatment to several medical conditions. This alternative medicine has been around for centuries helping people all around the world.

Where Butterbur Grows

• Butterbur is a shrub that is primarily found in European countries. The plant can also be found in parts of Asia and North America. It grows in wet ground near streams.

History of Butterbur

• In the 1500s, butterbur was dried into a powder and mixed with wine. It was thought to be a medicine against the plague and other pestilential diseases. It also worked as treatment for intestinal worms, as a diuretic, and to stimulate menstruation.

How Butterbur is Used Today

• In Japan, the butterbur plant is grown and eaten by locals. In other parts of the world, the plant is used to treat medical conditions. Asthma, allergic rhinitis and migraine headaches are the primary conditions that respond to butterbur treatment.

Butterbur Medical Properties

• Butterbur has anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effects and blocks histamine activities.

Forms of Butterbur

• To ingest the butterbur plant, it can be eaten, made into pill form, ground into a powder, drunk as a tea or made into a tincture.