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HEADACHES
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What can cause a headache?
There are many reasons. Here are some of them:
Cluster
headache.
Strong ache around your eye or behind it, your nose stuffed,
your face becomes red. Very often it can happen while you are sleeping
and lasts for a few hours.
The cause is smoking or alcohol.
High
blood
pressure
headache. General headache or circle headache is
strongest in the morning. Gets better by afternoon.
Sinus
headache.
Nagging ache in nasal area that getting stronger by afternoon. The
causes are virus, nose polyps or anatomical anomaly.
Allergy
headache.
The cause is seasonal allergies.
Overexertion
headache. You can get it during or after high physical
activity.
Arthritis
headache.
There is an ache in the back of your head that gets stronger with
movements.
Eye
overexertion
headache. The causes are astigmatism, poor vision or
bright light.
Very
cold food
can cause a headache. Eat ice cream slowly.
Regular
jaw
movements are a cause of headaches. Do not
chew gum.
If you
are
hungry or did not eat for more than 6 hours, you can
get a headache because
your sugar level drops. Your sugar level can drop during the
night and
you
will get a headache in the morning. If it happens, eat some food rich
in protein before you go to bed. You can try : a glass of milk, a
little cottage cheese, a
piece of cheese or turkey sandwich.
Iron
deficit can
cause a headache because of your blood's
ability to transfer
oxygen decreases.
If you
get
headaches often, the best way to prevent them is making
sure that you get enough of vitamins B. You can take vitamin B
complex or watch your diet: eat broccoli, liver, eggs, orange
juice, nuts, tuna, potatoes and rye
bread.
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If
you have migraine headaches regularly and often,
try
these very effective remedies:
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Break
1 fresh egg into a glass , stir it, add 8 oz of boiling milk, quickly
stir it and drink. Do it for a few days. It works very well!
Day
1 Drink a glass of water mixed with 1/2 tea spoon of soda
30
min. before  meal.
Day
2
Drink 2 glasses ( your portion for the day ) of the same mix
30 min. before meals.
Day
3
Drink 3 glasses ( your portion for the day )
of the same mix 30 min. before meals.
Day
4
Drink 4 glasses ( your portion for the day )
of the same mix 30 min.
before meals.
Day
5
Drink 5 glasses ( your portion for the day )
of the same mix 30 min. before
meals.
Day
6
Drink 6 glasses ( your portion for the day ) of the
same
mix 30 min. before meals.
Day
7
Drink 7 glasses ( your portion for the day ) of the
same
mix 30 min. before meals.
Day
8
Drink 6 glasses ( your portion for the day ) of the
same
mix 30 min. before meals.
Day
9
Drink 5 glasses ( your portion for the day ) of the
same
mix 30 min. before meals.
Day
10
Drink 4 glasses ( your portion for the day ) of the same mix 30
min. before meals.
Day
11
Drink 3 glasses ( your portion for the day ) of the same mix 30
min. before meals.
Day
12
Drink 2 glasses ( your portion for the day ) of the same mix 30
min. before meals.
Day
13
Drink 1 glasses of the same mix 30 min. before meal.
Tear
2 leaves of
geranium and put one in each ear. Remove them
when
your headache goes away.
Drink
1/4 glass of raw potatoe juice 3 times a day.
Put
beet leaves on your forehead.
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 Take
a warm foot bath ( 99 F ) for 10 min every day
before you go
to
bed. After the bath hold your feet under a hot shower ( 40-42 C) for 2
min. Then rub your feet with a soft towel and go to bed.
Try baths for feet and hands where you alternate hot and cold water.
Put your hands and
feet into
hot water for 30-40 sec then put them into cold water for
20-30
sec. Then switch again. Do it a few times.
Hot
or cold compresses help with migraines very
well. If you
got a migraine
headache and half of your forehead becomes red, apply a cold compress
on
this side and at the same time put your feet in hot water. If
your
forehead becomes pale, apply a hot compress on this side of you head
and
put your feet in cold water. If there is no difference in color, put
two slices of fresh lemon on your temples,
cover your
head (including your temples with lemon) with a hot towel and tighten
it.
Mint drink:
put 1 tea spoon of
peppermint
into a pot, add 1 glass of hot water,  cover
it and heat it on
a steam
bath, stirring it, for 15 min. Then filter it, add boiled water till
starting amount and drink 1/2 glass of this warm tea 3 times a day,15
min
before meals. Keep the drink in your refrigerator for no more than 2
days.
Lavender
drink: mix 3 tea spoons of ground lavender
flowers with 2
glasses of boiling water. Let it cool and drink it during the day.
This is your dose for a day.
Clover
drink: mix 1 tbl spoon of clover
with 1 glass of boiling
water,
wait for 30 min. and filter it. Drink 1/2 glass of the tea 3
times a day at any time.
 Massage
a point
between
your eyebrows for 1 min.
Massage ear lobe with
1 and 2 fingers.
Brush your head with
your fingers from your forehead to the back of
your
head.
Massage big toes and
fingers.
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Say Bye Bye to Migraine
Headache
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The one
last
thing you ever want to have at the end of the day is
migraine headache. Remember those migraine symptoms such as nausea or
vomiting experiences, and the time when you experience flashes of
light, zigzags, blind spots or stars during a migraine headache.
Terrible feeling right?
Migraines
are
often
triggered by psychological stress,
and it usually appears when one starts to relax after a long period of
stress conditions. So if you thought you can take a break and rest
after a hard day work, the annoying migraine headache will come and
give you a disastrous time.
Usually
before the headache appear,
some sufferer experience some symptoms
telling them signs of migraine coming.
So what can you do?
Never fear, not to panic, here
are some migraine remedy you can use to tackle migraine headache
whenever it attacks you.
While sitting,
try to
relax your head and allow it to be as limp as possible. Let your chin
touch or almost touching your upper chest when relaxing. Rotate your
head clockwise slowly several times, and then do that counter clockwise
the same number of times. As your body become stiff and hard after a
hard day work, this relaxation technique can help to loosen up your
body. You can also do some light exercise to
relax yourself. When you feel a headache is coming,
exercise it out of you. Try gentle exercises such as yoga or slow
swimming in the pool.
Researches
have shown that the
herb feverfew
is very helpful for vascular headaches such as migraine. You can try
taking 25mg of freeze-dried pulverized leaves twice daily. This
quantity is enough to prevent a migraine, while if you suffer from a
severe attack, you may take up to 1 or 2grams of the ground herbs.
Do
you know that certain
food you eat can aggravate migraine headache?
Food like nuts, chocolate, coffee, wheat, chess and other dairy
products, hot dogs, and luncheon meats contain nitrites, citrus, MSG,
and alcohol that is bad for headache. Hence if you are suffering from
migraine frequently, try to avoid these foods. You should also avoid
salads sold as salad bars as they keep their vegetables fresh looking
by adding chemicals that can cause or exacerbate a headache.
You
can also try to take a hot
bath and cold water bath together
which is also good for headache. Fill a bathtub with hot water, add
several teaspoon of Epsom salt. Soak yourself in the tub for 10 to 20
minutes. Then dry, drain the water, and turn on the cold
shower.
Allow
the cold water to spray your feet, knees, legs, back, torso, and head
for 3 minutes. Then dry off, dress
and relax in bed. People who can stand this will improve their blood
circulation and reduce head congestion and pain which causes migraine
headache. This method is definitely not for everyone as some people are
hypersensitive to heat and cold when they have headache, so try not to
do this if you cannot stand it.
And here are some of the migraine
remedies you can use to counter a migraine headache. I am sure by
understanding more about your condition, you will one day free yourself
from this terrible headache. Till that day, relax and learn more!
Christopher Wen is the webmaster for
greenHealth information site where he
provides articles, news, and
remedies to current health issues we faced in our everyday life. Check
out his blog at greenhealthinformation.com
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How
to Relieve Headache Using Massage Technique
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Massage is another way of treating
headaches. It is especially effective for headaches caused by
muscle tension or stress (tension headaches, migraines).
Massage improves blood circulation and reduces tightness and eases the
pain.
Although, massage is thought to be something
that is done by or for others, there are some massage techniques that
you can do yourself. And they are really easy to do, not only at home,
but in the office as well or wherever headache strikes you.
Start by breathing deeply.
It is very important that you try to relax. Do not tense your shoulders
or hands when applying massage. Keep breathing regularly. I know it may
be hard at first to concentrate on your breathing, hands, shoulders and
remembering massage techniques all at the same time. But, I promise, it
will get better with practice. Under no circumstances hold your breath,
otherwise you'll just build up more tension.
Massaging the scalp can be an excellent for
fighting tension headache. The technique I'm going to describe is
called a fingertip massage.
You start by placing you fingertips on both
sides of your scalp. Press gently and move your scalp back and forth in
a circular motion. Keep doing it until you massaged the entire scalp,
including the area above and around your ears. Your fingers should not
slide across the skin, just move it the scalp itself.
Another way of improving
blood circulation in your scalp is to grasp small amount of hair
between your fingertips and gently lift it away from the scalp. To get
a better effect it is suggested to twist you hair slightly as you lift
it. If you experience any pain, you're lifting your hair too far or
twisting it too much. Be gentle, you don't want to be bald by the end
of the month.
Massaging your forehead and temples by
making small circles with your fingertips can also reduce tension
headache.
Finish the massage by giving yourself a
shoulder rub. Just squeeze your right shoulder with your left hand and
hold it for a couple seconds. Then repeat the same technique but with
your left shoulder and right hand.
Give yourself massage at least once a day.
Ideal would be to give yourself a massage in the morning and the second
time during the day. The whole massage will only take you about 10-15
minutes. Take that time to relax, because you deserve it.
There are also some other alternative
treatments used for all types of headaches. They include visualization,
acupuncture, acupressure, yoga, aromatherapy and hydrotherapy. Learn
more about natural ways to treat headaches at www.stop-headaches.com
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| Decrease
amount of salt you getting
with food. It
will help with migraines. |
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| Do not use
strong perfume. It can
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