Feverfew or Daisy?????

[Ginger_Gnome]

Not sure where to put this, so I decided here would be best!
Today I was at the bookstore and I was reading about "home remedy headache treatments". I came across a plant/flower/weed called Feverfew. This looks an awful lot like Daisy's which I have a ton of in my front yard...so I thought. I came home and picked a "Daisy" and put it up next to a picture of a Feverfew I found online. Can anyone tell me if they are the same thing? (I know they are in the same family). I have been having terrible headaches for weeks and if I have a remedy in my own front yard, I'd like to use it instead of aspirin. If anyone has any thoughts, suggestions, opinions and/or knowledge of this, I'd love to hear it.
Thank you in advance. As always you G's Rock!

[DoubleDogFarm]

Feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium; syn. Chrysanthemum parthenium )

Ox-Eyed daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare syn. Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)

Chamomile or camomile (pronounced /ˈkæmɵmiːl/ kam-ə-meel or /ˈkæmɵmaɪl/ kam-ə- myl) is a common name for several daisy-like plants

Sweet false chamomile related species: Four species from South Africa are sometimes grown: M. globifera, M. grandiflora, M. suffruticosa, and M. africana, although it is suspected that plants cultivated under these names may really be Tanacetum parthenium.

Scientific name of sweet false chamomile: Matricaria recutita




Many look alike. Daisy looking.

Eric

[rainbowgardener]

Yeah, daisy is kind of a general term for a whole bunch of daisy looking things.

The weed with little daisy type flowers that is common in my yard is fleabane:

https://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-10370_12146_12213-36292--,00.html

It has thin rays instead of the little petals the feverfew has:

[url=https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://www.viable-herbal.com/images/herbs/feverfew-bsp.jpg&imgrefurl=https://www.viable-herbal.com/combos/herbs/c415.htm&h=374&w=500&sz=132&tbnid=tM0_BtDdSIMSlM:&tbnh=97&tbnw=130&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dfeverfew%2Bimage%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=feverfew+image&usg=__ybt0a8PG23FiOHo2TF94chbtLlo=&sa=X&ei=Pe31TZbbB6rm0QGk_Z3uDA&ved=0CBoQ9QEwAA]feverfew[/url]

But be advised most herbal remedies don't work like taking an aspirin. They are less strong, with milder effects, and tend to work more over time if you keep using it. Feverfew tends to be used more as a preventative for migraines than a treatment when you have one, people that use it regularly tend to have fewer and milder migraines. "Clinical experience has indicated that four to six weeks of treatment with feverfew is usually required before results are noted." https://www.holistichealthtools.com/headache.html

The research is usually about powdered feverfew in capsules (freeze-dried leaves). But you can make a tea of the dried leaves.

[Darth Oblio]

I have daisy-looking flowers all over as well, and they do resemble the pics I have found of feverfew. But I haven't yet found a photo that gives a good view of the leaves, just the flowers. So I still don't know if I'm growing feverfew or something else.

[rainbowgardener]

https://www.mdidea.com/products/proper/proper011paper.html

scroll down midway to the part where it says FEVERFEW HISTORY, there's a drawing of the plant with pretty detailed view of the leaves.

[Darth Oblio]

...where it says FEVERFEW HISTORY, there's a drawing of the plant with pretty detailed view of the leaves.

Thanks RBG! Still not sure. The leaves are similar but the ones in the illustrations are a bit broader. They have a sour, slightly camphorish taste.

[Barbara Lloyd]

Beware of the old tales of healing plants unless you REALLY know what your doing.
Fever few is said to relieve itchy areas if you crush a bit of the plant and rub it on the itchy place. I would never ingest anything and if you try it topically - be ready for a trip to the ER
if it goes wrong! So many plants look very similar and it can be dangerous to guess. Someone once brought me what looked like a blue/black tomatillo. When we finally identified it. It was poisonous. Half the tomato (solanaceae) family is delicious and the other half will make you mildly to very sick. Be careful! barb