Role of herbal medicine for prevention and treatment of migraine.

Yulong Chen, Shengpeng Wang, Yitao Wang

Phytotherapy research : PTR 2022 Feb

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Migraine is a disabling neurovascular disease with unilateral or bilateral pulsatile headache, which intensively affects human health and quality of life due to high morbidity worldwide. Migraine is commonly accompanied by abnormal pain sensitization, neuroinflammatory response, and vasomotor dysfunction. Owing to the management dilemmas of migraine, there is an urgent need to develop effective and low-cost therapies. In recent years, herbal medicines as a promising strategy with analgesic activity and minor side effect, have been proposed for the prevention and treatment of migraine. Considering the lack of a review integrating experimental studies regarding the herbal treatment of migraine, this review systematically summarizes the important potential applications of herbal medicines in ameliorating migraine via multiple therapeutic targets and pathways, as well as provides a reference for further development of novel antimigraine drugs. © 2021 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Yulong Chen, Shengpeng Wang, Yitao Wang. Role of herbal medicine for prevention and treatment of migraine. Phytotherapy research : PTR. 2022 Feb;36(2):730-760