Any good natural cures for headaches?

Question

I have a horrible migraine, and I can't take any drugs because I'm doing a medical study soon, and my body has to be totally clean, (no caffine, either.) My head hurts so bad, right now, the daycare kids have been rough on my nerves, today! Help!

Answer 1

Homeopathic Treatments for HEADACHES, MIGRAINES,(Without any side effects or complications) :-

HEADACHE :-

With constant nausea; clean tongue Ipecac 30X, 3 hourly

With severe throbbing and rush of blood towards head Belladonna 30X, 3 hourly

Due to over eating; stomach disorders; tongue thickly whitish coated; worse bathing specially after river bathing Antim Crud 30X or 200 4 hourly(3 Doses)

Due to exposure to dry, cold wind; sudden with anxiety Aconite Nap.30X or 200X, 1/2 hourly (3 Doses)

With watering of eyes and sensitiveness to bright light Euphrasia 30X, 3 hourly

Headache; better by bending backwards; due to nerve injury Hypericum 30X, 3 hourly

Headache with humming in ears; due to nervous weakness Kali Phos.6X or 30X, 3 hourly

Hammering headache; worse during menstrual cycle going in sun; school girls Natrum Mur.30X or 200X, 4 hourly

Headache starts from nape of neck and shift over to the head; patient desires to lie down quietly; better passing urine Gelsemium 30X or 200X, 3 hourly

Violent headache due to working under gas light; sun-stroke Glonoine 6X or 30X, 2 hourly

Bursting headache; worse by stooping and movements; excessive thirst and constipation Bryonia 30X or 200X, 3 hourly (6 Doses)

Nervous headache; after grief, disappointment; worse inhaling smoke Ignatia 200X or 1M, 3 hourly (3 Doses)

Headache; due to sinusitis, pressure and pain at the root of nose Kali Bich 30X, 4 hourly

Due to eating rich fatty food, loss of thirst, better in open cold air Pulsatilla 30X, 4 hourly

Due to eye strain; disturbances of accomodation of eye sight Ruta Grav 30X, 4 hourly

After taking alcoholic drinks; sedentary habits; chilly patient Nux Vomica 30X, 4 hourly

Sun haedcahe; aggravation from sun rise to sunset; from cardiac origin Kalmia Lat.30X or 200X, 6 hourly

Of school children; crushing headache, pressure on top of head Acid Phos 30, 4 hourly

Headache localised; at the nape of neck; worse by walking and noise Pneumococcin 200X, 10 min (3 Doses)

Frontal headache; neuralgic pain above and behind the right eye; heaviness of head. Better by rest, lying down and eating Penicillinum 30X or 200X, 10 min (3 Doses)

Headache worse early morning;empty gone sensation at 10 -11 A.M. Sulphur 200X or 1M, weekly (3 Doses)


MIGRAINES :-

From mental work; cold, uncovering head, pressure, sitting upright or sun-stroke Glonoinum 30X, 3 hourly

For nervous, gastric, bilious individuals. Migraine due to mental over exertion in teachers and students. Right sided, specially Sunday migraine, blurred vision, hemiopia; blindness; often burning pain in entire gastro-intestinal tract with violent acid vomiting at the height of attack; worse hot weather; spring and fall; better after vomiting or sufficient night sleep Iris v.200X or above, 10 min (3 Doses)

For irritable hypochondriacs of bad temper; cholerics, neuropathics; from abuse of alcohol, coffee, spices, tobacco, vexation and worry, mental over exertion, business worries, sexual excesses, sedentary habits, cold dry air and winds Nux Vomica 30X or 200X 4 hourly

For pronounced vasomotor individuals (irritable and full of fear) during pre-climacteric and menopausal stage.Tired expression, head congestion, circumscribed red cheeks; pain above right eye, throbbing, stitching, rhythmic pain, often in every 8 days, early morning, beginning in nape, extending upwards, locating in the region of eye, rising and falling with the sun; sensation of heavy congestion Sanguinaria C 200X, 10 min (3 Doses)

For weak, fat and irritable patient; often apathetic, changing moods, strange changes of character (egocenteric), memory weak, due to disturbance during climacteric period, results of tobacco abuse. Person with shallow complexion, yellow saddle across the nose; pain located on left temple; throbbing, stitching pains Sepia 200X, 10 min (3 Doses)

For neuropathic persons, full of fear caused by noises, change of weather or worms; with face pale, located above left eye; specially left pupil (ciliary neuralgia); sharp,shooting, tearing, stitching, periodical pain from occiput to left eye; slowly rising in intensity with sun. Bile vomiting at the height of attack, slowly improving with setting sun.feeling as if head were open along sagittal suture Spigelia 200X or 1M, 10 min (3 Doses)

Left sided; worse during and after sleep; before menstruation; heat;during menopause Lachesis 200X or 1M, 10 min (3 Doses)

Intercurrent remedy Bacillinum 200X or 1M, fortnightly (3 Doses) .

Take the remedy which is similar to your symptoms.
No side effects or complications if taken as directed, please do not exceed the given dosage and under any circumstances do not try to mix any remedies and avoid Chocolates, Mints, Coffee, Red Meat, Alcoholic and Carbonated drinks, Spicy Rich Food while taking any Homeopathic remedies, and keep the medicines away from direct sunlight, heat strong smells and perfumes and do not store them in the fridge.
Curing without any side effects or Complications Thats the Beauty of Homeopathic Medicine
Feel free to email me if you do not understand anything or if you want to discuss anything.

Take Care and God Bless you !

Answer 2

I put my feet in hot water or have a hot bath and a cold compress on my head and back of my neck. I also sometimes suck on ice cubes. There is a place in the back of my mouth where I think it is close to a blood vessel. If I get the ice cube there it really takes the edge off. Going for a chair massage is the ultimate help though.

I got some information from the Migraine association years ago. They suggested lying down three times a day for ten minutes. Try and heat your hands and feet up mentally. After many tries you will be able to control this process. Then, when you get a migraine you go and lay down and do the same thing. Since you've been practicing you can control the bloodflow to your extremities and it will allow more bloodflow to the brain as well, uncontricting the vessels that give you the headache. This is a long term solution for someone that is doesn't want to rely on medications.

I would also suggest a chiropractor. I started seeing one as a last resort two months ago. He used the tapping machine, not the manipulation method. I got a couple of headaches initially, but haven't got one since. I'm very impressed, and my posture is much better.

Answer 3

I am going though massage therapy and I have taken Aromatherapy and kind of like what Lozza said but what you do is take the Lavender oil and it does have to be a pure/Essential oil and you take a drop on your finger and then rub it gently on your temples. It feels so good and the massaging helps it also. It just starts to relax you. There are others that you can use and they are Peppermint and Chamomile. And you just do the same thing that I explained. I love the peppermint because it not only helps to get rid of the headache but it also makes you more awake. Hope that helped. Good luck

Answer 4

Cool compress on the head, in a dark room. Migraines are usually light sensitive. Also google 'accupressure' points. One of the first websites that comes up, has very good step by step instructions on where and how to put pressure on certain pressure points to relieve the pain. I've used it before, it won't cure it, but it can make it a lot easier to handle.

Answer 5

To simplify "Dr Soul's" answer, please do NOT take belladonna with out strict supervision from a practitioner, it is DEADLY poison in the wrong hands! If you just have a simple headache, White Willow Bark capsules (2 caps every 4 hours) will do the trick. Make sure you are using the whole herb variety of capsule. If you are using standardized dosing, follow the directions on the bottle to the letter. If you are suffering from migraine headaches, Feverfew tincture under the tongue will solve your problem. This plants nick-name is Migraine-few! If these don't work for you, but I have no indication to think they won't, please email me & we can "discuss" it further. Good Luck!

Answer 6

I have suffered terribly too - try Lavender Oil, you need to get a pure oil though. Try a dab on your temples and some in a tissue to smell. I am in Australia and can recommend Le Reve and Jurlique (they have stores in the USA, just not sure where). www.jurlique.com try a health shop, you need pure oil, not watered down stuff. Hope you feel better!

Answer 7

Drink a mint tea. It helps calm headaches. Or if you are up to it, take a bite of raw onion. It's supposed to get rid of a headache right away. Or see this site
http://www.articledashboard.com/Article/How-To-Get-Rid-Of-Headache/140444

Answer 8

Put your feet in pan of hot water....that will bring the congestion from your head down. Also, put a cold wet rag to the back of your neck. Be careful not to get up too quickly as you may get dizzy.

Answer 9

It is probably from caffeine withdrawl. A cool rag. Lay down a bit. Relax.

Answer 10

drink lots of water, and get enough sleep. sleep whenever you can to rest your head, and body too. get well sooon!

avoid watching tv or using the computer,straining your eyes more will increase your migraine! thats what happens to me