What are some alternative ways to cure a headache?
Saturday, March 27th, 2010 at
6:09 pm
I have a killer headache. I have no medicine or a way of getting to the store to get medicine. So, I’m up for suggestions. Thanks!
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Folk Medicine used to say to treat headaches with “cold head, hot feet.” Much of herbal information agrees with this.
A cloth soaked in a bowl of herb tea (peppermint, rosemary, sage) and ice cubes applied to the forehead, and a heating pad applied to the feet (Or a hot foot bath) will bring relief to many headache sufferers.
Additionally, drinking chamomile tea with drops of Valerian tincture, and inhaling essential oil of peppermint can be very helpful.
if you spread your hand out, and right between your thumb and your pointer finger where there feels like muscle press that really hard, it is a pressure point and you feel slowly feel the tension release from your head..
Princess Ariel’s suggestion for the pressure point is a good one. Also, a headache is most times caused by the restricting of the blood vessels in the brain. Drinking two cups of strong black coffee will help open up those vessels and eliminate the pain. It won’t last a long time, however, so. if you have some Niacin, take about 100 mg of Niacin after you have the coffee. Niacin helps to keep the vessels open for free flow of blood. Sometimes, you will get a flush in your skin from Niacin. That is the opening of the blood veins and the flo of blood you feel. It won’t hurt you, but sometimes makes you itch. I’ve taken 500 mg of Niacin before on a fairly regular basis with no side effects.
Alternately, if you have a birch tree in your yard, you can chew on the bark of the tree. Indians did that for their pain relief of headaches. In fact, the first aspirin was made of the bark of birch trees.
caffeine–usually most beneficial right at onset of headache.
the pressure point in the webbing between thumb and forefinger–the key to finding the pressure point is massaging the area until you find a spot that is very sore when you massage it–that sore spot is the pressure point that you need to massage to relieve the headache.
rest and hydration will help in the long run…and the rest may help since if you fall asleep you won’t feel the headache.
another thing is, if you can find something to wrap and tie tightly around your head over your forehead…this can keep the blood from making your headache throb…you’d be surprised out quickly this works.
Caffeine is a good suggestion, unless this is a caffeine addiction headache. Way to find out? Just have some caffeine, if it goes away immediately, you are addicted to caffeine and need to go through headaches to withdraw.
I know you aren’t near a store to get supplies, but my daughter likes tea tree oil for headaches. She soaks a cotton ball or tissue with it then just breaths in the vapors.
My husband puts a few drops of hydrogen peroxide in his ears for sinus induced headaches. It seems to alleviate them.
That’s all I can think of, hopefully you have one of those on hand. Sorry. Hope it is better soon.
Sometimes headaches can just be caused by not drinking enough water so try that
Jenn Smith
http://www.saferisbetter.com/jennsmith34
Put a cold compress on your forehead, and lay down in a quiet darkened room, try to go to sleep.
take some weed and light it on fire. Dont drink alcohol when you got a headache, it will help for about 30 mins then it will be way worse, and will last longer. I noticed you said you had no medicines, so im guessing you have no pot handy or you wouldnt have asked this question. The only thing I can tell you to do is lay down and try to relax, or even sleep if you can, sometimes that can help tremendously.
Use Gano oil for massge on head& consume Ganderma capsules of DXN Co. If you intrested, i can help you