Word: feverfew
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Dates: during 1991-1991
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...life. He points out to a middle-aged migraine sufferer that both his headaches and his heavy coffee drinking started in college. He suggests eliminating all caffeine ("It's powerfully addictive; wait for a three-day weekend, because you'll have withdrawal symptoms") and taking an herbal remedy called feverfew. For a man suffering from ulcers, he explores sources of stress -- a job relocation, an impending divorce -- and suggests sessions with a hypnotherapist "to see if there are unresolved issues." He sometimes refers patients to an acupuncturist, and even a few to a Native American shaman, though he draws...
...course, Pinkus might have recovered without help. That's always possible. Still, she provides one more reason to view alternative medicine with fewer snickers and a couple more nods. And while we're nodding, better do something about that migraine. Cut out the coffee, take the herb feverfew twice a day. If that doesn't work, there's always the old Chinese gent uptown with the needles...
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