| According to many scientific studies, the effect of | | | | What Happened? |
| natural health products is questionable, and other | | | | One overly hot summer, I really had a hard time with |
| scientific studies claim they work. Does alternative | | | | the intense heat. My swamp cooler did not work |
| medicine really work to cure migraine headaches? | | | | because it was broken and even if I were working |
| What about all the nutritional supplement hype, how | | | | the humidity was so bad it wouldn't have made much |
| do you know the truth? My friend Josh has | | | | difference. |
| experienced epilepsy and severe headaches, which | | | | One day the temperature was worse than normal |
| turned him toward the study of herbal alternatives. In | | | | and I got very dizzy and had a heatstroke! I looked |
| this article he shares some of his story. | | | | down at the floor and I thought "perhaps if I put my |
| Herb Rivers: | | | | face on that wood it would be cooler down there." |
| Josh, it's great to see you and I am glad you are | | | | While I was beginning to kneel down everything |
| here to talk about your experience with migraine | | | | slowly went black. |
| headaches and why you started to consider herbal | | | | A Terrible Nightmare! |
| therapy as a valid alternatives. | | | | Next I was having a nightmare and was being |
| Josh: | | | | attacked by several people in uniforms who threw |
| Thanks Herb. I am glad to see you too. | | | | me around. The dark cloudy vision was very |
| Herb: | | | | frightening and was fighting back with everything in |
| I know you suffer from epilepsy, migraine | | | | me. |
| headaches, joint problems and abdominal problems, | | | | As things cleared up it turned out that my nightmare |
| but mostly I want to know how your migraines | | | | was not just a dream but I was already awake and |
| headaches started, and what your opinions are about | | | | the people thrashing me around were paramedics |
| herbal cures. | | | | who were attempting to calm me down and strap |
| Josh: | | | | me down in a gurney. |
| I have found that some natural cures really work well | | | | Needing to Find Another Way |
| and others have strong effects that might be or | | | | My family was very scared as well, and that is where |
| might not be helpful for each person's individual | | | | all my problems began. It was shortly after that |
| problems. I have dealt with arthritis in my hands and | | | | when I started to consider natural alternatives for |
| my neck and back was not much better. The | | | | dealing with the new headaches and side effects of |
| problems in my neck more than likely contribute to | | | | the medications that I now had to take. |
| my headaches, but epilepsy seems to be even more | | | | Because everyone's body is very different, I believe |
| related to them and the combination of both is what | | | | that each person needs to commit to researching |
| started me looking for a cure! All that I say about | | | | what will be best for them. |
| the benefits of natural herb cures is based on my | | | | Still, I personally have found a lot of relief from herbs |
| own personal experimentation with them on my own | | | | and am convinced it is because of the specific |
| body. | | | | nutrients that are concentrated into specific plants. |
| Like I said before, the epilepsy seems to be where | | | | They are often related to the exact nutritional |
| the headaches first started and I would like to tell | | | | deficiency that is causing the problem in the first |
| you how that happened. | | | | place. |