What are some natural remedies for my sister who suffers from Migraine headaches?

Answer 1

Rather than cut n paste and therefor limit your information to what I deem important, I will just throw down these links I started looking at. I am sure you will find some answers in here. Lavender oil is frequently mentioned. There is a wealth of information on these pages.

http://www.home-remedies-for-you.com/remedy/migraine.html

http://www.disabled-world.com/artman/publish/cure-migraine.shtml

http://www.scienzavegetariana.it/nutrizione/pcrm/pcrm_migraine.html

http://www.ezinearticles.com/?Natural-Cures-for-Migraine-Headaches&id=471196

Each site seems to have different approaches and a lot of different but complementary information.

Good luck. My mom suffered from these and they rendered her bed ridden for days. Do you know how hard it is to keep four younger brothers quiet forthat long? LOL Oddly they stopped after her monthly flow came to an end.

Good luck to you both. I hope your sister finds relief.

Answer 2

Check out this site:
http://www.newhope.com/nutritionsciencenews/NSN_backs/Jun_99/migraines.cfm
OR this one:
http://altmedicine.about.com/cs/headachemigraine/a/Migraine.htm

But, I can tell you from personal experience - I have been suffering from migraines for about 15 years now - that the natural remedies have done absolutely no good for me - and I've tried everything from herbs, massages, acupuncture, and even hypnosis. The one and only thing that has lightened the pain of my migraines is Imitrex.

Best of luck to your sister and I hope this information helps!

Answer 3

Headache is a pain in the head, scalp or neck.
Headaches can be caused by minor problems
like eyestrain, lack of coffee or more serious reasons
like head injury, brain tumors, encephalitis and
meningitis. Taking painkillers continuously can
have harmful side effects, so it is better to
modify your lifestyle. More information available at

Answer 4

How about trying this:-

100mg. niacin 3 times daily
100mg B.complex multivitamin twice daily.
Calcium and magnesium (twice as much calcium as magnesium is the proper ratio), which are nature's tranquilizers.

or

White willow bark or feverfew capsules 3 times daily

or Ginkgo biloba, 60mg A.M. and p.m. may help prevent migraines.

Hope one of these brings you some relief.


PEACE


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Answer 5

Food allergies are one of the most common reasons for persistent migraines.

Answer 6

Migraine headaches may result from a variety of causes such as low blood sugar, allergy infection, excessive intake of certain drugs, a weak constitution low energy, nutritional deficiency, consistent overwork, improper sleep and rest, excessive smoking, drinking, and sexual indulgence.

Menstruation in women
Menstruation in women is also one of the important cause of migraine headache. This form of migraine usually abates after menopause.


Herbal Remedies for migraines headaches
Migraine relief using Grapes
Migraine relief can be obtained from the juice of ripe grapes and is an effective home remedy. It is said that King Jamshed of Persia, who was very fond of grapes, once stored the juice of grapes well packed in bottles and made it public that the bottles contained strong poison so as to prevent others from taking it. It so happened that the king\'s wife was struck with migraine and having obtained no relief from any treatment, decided to end her life by taking this so-called ‘poison’. She took it several times in small doses and contrary to her expectations, it gave her great relief instead of killing her.

Migraine relief using Niacin
Niacin has proved helpful in relieving migraine pain. Valuable sources of this vitamin are yeast, whole wheat, green leafy vegetables, tomatoes, nuts, sunflower seeds, liver, and fish. Vitamin I complex tablets containing 100 mg of niacin can be taken for the same purpose.

Relieving Migraine using Cabbage Leaf Compress
An ancient folk remedy for relieving the pain of migraine is a cabbage leaf compress. A few leaves of the vegetable should be crushed, and then placed in a cloth and bound on the forehead at bedtime, or when convenient during the day. The Compress should be renewed when the leaves dry out.

Migraine treatment using Lemon Crust
The crusts of lemon have also been found beneficial in the treatment of migraine. These crusts should be included into a fine paste in a mortar. The paste should be applied, it plaster on the forehead. It will provide great relief.

Natural Migraine headache treatment using Vegetable Juices
Carrot juice, in combination with spinach like, or beet and cucumber juices, has been found beneficial in the treatment of migraine. In the first combination, 200 ml of spinach juice may be mixed with 300 ml of carrot juice to prepare 500 ml or half a litre of the combined juices. In the second combination, 100 ml each of beet and cucumber juices may be mixed with 300 ml of carrot juice.


Migraine relief diet
Fasting on orange juice and water
It is essential to undertake a thorough cleansing of the system and adopt vitality-building measures. To begin with, the patient should resort to fasting on orange juice and water for two or three days. If the orange juice does not agree with the patient, juices of vegetables such as carrots, cucumber, and celery may be taken.

All-fruit diet
After the short juice fast, the patient may adopt an all-fruit diet for about five days, taking three meals a day of fresh juicy fruits.

Well-balanced diet of seeds, nuts etc.
Thereafter the patient should follow a well-balanced diet consisting of seeds, nuts, grains, vegetables, and fruits. This diet should be supplemented with milk, yoghurt, buttermilk, vegetable oils, and honey. Further short periods of the all-fruit diet may be necessary at intervals of a month or two, according to the requirement of the case.

Avoid foods like white flour products, sugar, tinned or preserved foods, etc
Foods which should be avoided are white flour products, sugar, confectionery, rich cakes, pastries, sweets, refined cereals, greasy foods, tinned or preserved foods, pickles, condiments, and sauces.

Eat frequent small meals, Copious drinking of water is essential.
The patient should eat frequent small meals rather than a few large ones. Overeating should be avoided. Copious drinking of water is recommended.


Other migraine treatment
Take warm-water enema to cleanse bowels
During the initial two or three days of the juice fast, a warm water enema may be taken daily to cleanse the bowels.

Hot bath, cold compress applied to head
A hot fool bath, fomentation over the stomach and spine, cold compress (4.5\JC to 15.6\JC) applied to the head, and towels wrung out of very hot water and frequently applied to the neck will go a long way in relieving migraine headaches.

Plenty of exercise and walk in fresh air is essential
The patient should also take plenty of exercise and walk in the fresh air.

Answer 7

Check this http://treatment-for-migraines.com/

Answer 8

http://www.neurologyreviews.com/feb04/nr_feb04_foramen.html