PuraMed BioScience, Inc. (fka PMBS)

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PuraMed Bioscience, a fever/ginger product manufacturer, funded the study. Participants were split into two groups for the study, one that received tiny amounts of ginger and feverfew and another which received a placebo. Participants were told to put the satchet filled with the herbs and ginger under their tongue when they felt a migraine coming on. 45 participants took the satchet, 15 were given the dummy. One third of participants who had the herb and ginger mix felt pain-free within two hours. Only half that number in the placebo group were without pain two hours later. 63% of the herbal medicine takers felt some pain relief, over 30% who received the placebo. This was a small study. Though it is possible that the placebo group endured worse migraines than the other, researchers say this is unlikely.