HOW TO RELIEVE HEADACHE WITHOUT DRUGS

Thursday 19 February 2015

In this new world of men, where people are on their toes to achieve success and care less about their health , the impact to this carefree attitude has made headache a constant ailment in everydays activity. People tend to pop in pills quick to fast-track the healing of the headache and alleviating of the pounding pain on their head. There are natural ways to reduce and cure headache and skewing towards the natural ways is better than drugs because of the potential hazards of these drugs on the organs in the body. Some ways to alleviate headaches are:

Massage

Pain-easing massage on some key areas in the body is good in relieving headache, massage redirects attention of the victim and makes victim feel less pain. Massage could foster free blood flow and thus alleviates pain. You could massage the temple of your head by placing two fingers on it and move the fingers circularly round the spot, this could be done on the neck too. Thumb can also be placed on the web between the thumb and index finger and massage gently, another way to massage is by placing tennis ball in socks and lie flat then place at the back of your skull then massage gently.

Water

Headache can be generated via dehydrating and this type of headache can be ameliorated by consuming the necessary amount of water to keep the water level at it optimal state( 8 cups of water daily for adult). Consumption of water is generally good for the well being of man.

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Ice pack

Ice pack can be placed on forehead when feeling headache. Ice constricts the blood vessels and facilitates blood flow. Hot water can also be used by placing the hand into hot water for 10min or place the leg if the headache is chronic.

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Relaxation

Relaxation is a very good way to ease stress and likewise headache. Relaxation can be done in several ways. The suitable relaxation method differs in different person. Some use yoga, music, siesta while some do meditate, e.t.c it good to use the method best suitable for easing your headache.

Lemon

Lemon water reduces headache caused by gases in the stomach. Place crusted lemon on the forehead or drinking steaming lemon tea four times a day when having headache.

Ginger and Betel leaves

Ginger is an anti-inflammatory and stimulates the production of opiate that alleviates headache, take ginger tea a day is good to improve headache and it preferable to take when the headache is just generating

Betel leaves is a natural coolant and analgesic in nature. Place betel leaves on the forehead and one or two leaves to reduce pain.

Apple

Apple with salt and warm water early in the morning relieves headache. Put apple cidar vinegar in warm water and consume or adding apple cidar vinegar in steaming water and dip cloth in the water then place on the head.

Exercise

Consistent exercise is ideally good for health, prevent the occurrence of headaches by engaging in aerobic exercise such as swimming , biking and other exercise . This could reduce migraine intensity and frequency.

Others

There are several other ways to alleviate headache such as taking break from computer usage if you are the that works on computer a lot . Rest your eyes periodically by placing your palm in a cup form on your eye and apply light pressure for 2 minutes. Avoid nitrites and nitrates found in processed meat monosodiumglutamate (MSG)(caffeine , alcohol ) phenylalanine (formed in chocolate and cheese) tyramine found in nuts and fermented meat ( cheese and soy).

Headache is inexorably due to the kind of lifestyle we live but its preferable to treat it naturally than going for pills.

Treat headache without drugs and live healthy

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