Brown wrapping paper and vinegar reduce a severe headache. Vinegar can have a cooling and astringent effect, and the absorbent properties of paper are a good tool as a compress.
Headache differs in strength from an unpleasant short-term sensation to an intense headache. It can be localized over the entire surface of the head, in the nape of the neck, in the frontal part, in the temples, in the eyeballs. Migraine is called a severe headache, which is often repeated. Occasionally, headaches occur in all people, but with age their frequency decreases slightly.
Causes of a headache is a stroke, hypertension, brain tumor, osteochondrosis, enlargement or spasm of blood vessels, allergies. And also the cause of pain is dental disease, drugs, excessive alcohol intake, eye fatigue, poor lighting, smoke, dehydration, stress.
Prevention of pain .
Healthy eating people reduces headaches, prevents the formation of food allergies, improves the condition of blood vessels, nerves, muscles, increases resistance to infections. To prevent dehydration, drink at least six glasses of water a day. As far as possible, react positively to stress. It is necessary to avoid cigarette smoke. To moisten the air, get yourself a houseplant or get a humidifier. Ionizer will help some. During reading, select the direction of lighting.
Treatment with phytotherapy .
Take the following herbs, 3 cups a day in the form of tea or tincture - 5 drops of infusion, diluted with a certain amount of water, eat after meals or during meals, if necessary, eat every 2 hours, but no more than 3 times a day.
- Take no more than 2 weeks of tincture of feverfew.
- From the bitter taste can get rid of, if you put the leaves of pyrethrum inside the sandwich. Sometimes in some people, ulcers in the tongue and mouth are formed.
Pyrethrum is a maiden .
Such a plant, facilitates a severe headache, which is caused by spasm or dilated blood vessels.
- For the relief of the headache, drink a cup of tea of picker or rosemary, or mix these herbs with the oriental or drink a tincture of passionflowers.
- For relaxation of strained muscles, drink a cup of infusion of the bark of the viburnum or valerian in a mixture with rosemary or tavolga. If you feel stressed, add dried passionflower, oatmeal, verbena or chamomile.
Aromatic therapy .
Essential oils will help to get rid of stuffy nose, relieve stress, relieve pain. Add them to the bath, into the massage oil, into the hot water for inhalation.
- With a headache that is caused by muscle tension, try chamomile oil or lavender oil.
- Nasal congestion causes a headache, for this use mint or eucalyptus oil.
- Strike 2 drops of lavender oil behind the ears, on the temples, at the base of the skull.
- Cap on the napkin for 2 drops of peppermint oil, lavender and 3 times inhale their fragrance.
Headache can be a signal of anxiety, and with the help of pain the body warns about malfunctions of the mechanism. It is necessary to find and cure the cause of the headache. It can be so painful that you need to take off her attack. In addition to drugs, you can use folk remedies for headaches.
With a headache you can help cope if you take a hot foot bath, sometimes use hot drink, tighten your head, apply hot compresses on your head. It is not superfluous to cleanse the intestines.
- Some help the sour cabbage, it should be applied to the temples and to the sore head, for this you need to wrap up the cabbage in a clean towel or rag.
- It is helped by a decoction of mint, which is prepared based on a glass of boiling water ½ tablespoons of herbs, then cooked on a water bath, let it brew, then drain. You need to take, 100 ml three times a day, twenty minutes before eating.
- When the headache is caused on the nerves, then there will help drink, which is made from the juice of guelder rose or black currant. It is useful to use decoction of primulas, elecampane, St. John's wort.
- An effective tool that will help to cope with a severe headache if you apply a cabbage leaf to your head.
Now we know what the treatment of headaches is without any medications. Follow these tips and you can reduce the headache a little. And before you apply this or that prescription, against a headache without drugs, you need to consult with your doctor.