Indigenous headache cure 'like aspirin'

Indigenous headache cure 'like aspirin': "A native grass used by indigenous Australians as a traditional remedy for headache has been found to have properties 'as potent as aspirin'.

The lemon grass Cymbopogon ambiguus, which grows on rocky hillsides in the Northern Territory, has been confirmed to have headache and migraine relieving properties.

Dr Darren Grice, from the Institute for Glycomics at Griffith University, was part of the research team that found the effect and isolated the particular chemical responsible.

'It was caused by the compound eugenol in the native lemon grass plant,' Dr Grice told AAP on Tuesday.

'It's not the first time that it has been found but it is the first time it has been found in this plant.'"