For the many individuals, all around the world who continuously battle with many of the annoying and uncomfortable symptoms that allergy reactions can cause, pure and natural herbal remedies are an increasingly popular trend that helps to promote good health as well as relief from the symptoms they are suffering. There are a wide variety of herbs that have proven to be much safer for people to take for a variety of ailments without the added worry of harmful side effects and drug interactions with other medicines that they may be taking. One such herb is commonly known as Butterbur. Recently, there have been many studies performed in laboratory tests that have proven that the herb Butterbur is one that has as much effectiveness in effectively being able to fight against bothersome allergies and a number of other ailments that include the whooping cough, asthma, migraine headaches, and the plague. Interestingly enough, the herb Butterbur received its name because a long time ago people used the leaves of this herb that are big and heart shaped, as a wrap for butter.