ABSTRACT
Since the time of Dioscorides (78 A.D.), feverfew has been used for the treatment of headache, menstrual irregularities, stomachache, and especially, fevers. In fact, its common name is simply a corruption of the Latin febrifugia or fever reducer. The proper scientific name of this strongly aromatic, perennial herb, of the family Asteraceae, is a matter of disagreement among botanists. At different times it has been placed in five different genera! Presently, Tanacetum parthenium (L.) Schultz Bip. seems to be the designation most widely accepted in the United States.1
