Feverfew

Dried Feverfew aerial parts

Tanacetum parthenium

Grown regeneratively, following organic standards, by one of the Meeting House Farm Collaborative Farms.

Plants are dried immediately after harvest in an on-farm drying facility to maximize potency and preserve quality.

We typically harvest Feverfew from June through October.

In the Apothecary:

Preparations: extract of fresh leaf and flower; dried infusion.

Uses: Nervous system support. 

Energetics: Cooling

Tastes: bitter

Herbal Action:  nervine, specific for headache, anti-inflammatory, carminative, emmenagogue

From our Experience:

An extract of Feverfew applied topically relieves the itching from insect bites.