A preliminary study has revealed that the ones with migraine problem can be treated with homeopathic preparation of ginger and the feverfew. Feverfew is a liquid which is derived from a flowering plant. The researchers of the study are of the opinion that feverfew can be used as an alternative for migraine medicines which is costlier.

It has been revealed that about 12% of Americans suffer from migraine. It costs US about $20 billion annually for manufacturing migraine medicines. The new study has been compiled by PuraMed Bioscience. It has been told that PuraMed Bioscience makes the feverfew/ginger treatment and randomly assigns patients to take a preparation containing miniscule amounts of the two plants or a dummy treatment.

For the study, the researchers asked the patients of migraine to treat their migraine by putting a little sachet with the preparations under their tongue for as long as they get relief from the pain. During the study, forty five patients were asked to take homeopathy treatment while fifteen were asked to take the placebo drug.

After two hours of study, it was revealed that 63% of those who took homeopathy treatment reported of having relief from the pain however 39% of patients go relieved from placebo drug.