Treatment of headache at home

Headache is an unpleasant moment that each of us can face. And some even assiduously suffer the pain, not trying to fight it. This inconvenience can deliver a lot of problems, reduce efficiency, seriously harm the overall health. Therefore, it is not necessary to wait until by itself, it's time to start treatment.

Why does an unpleasant headache occur? How to get rid of it? Is there an alternative to traditional tablets? Further read about these and other issues.

Causes of

The main reason for the appearance of pain in the head is difficult to establish, as there are many. Only a person suffering from frequent migraines, through his own observations, can understand what exactly causes these sensations.

To highlight the main reasons is still worth, among them we note:

• increased pressure;
• high body temperature with ARI;
• sinusitis;
• alcohol abuse, smoking, drug use;
• weather conditions;
• cervical osteochondrosis.

In general, the causes and types of this disease is enough, but they can be disposed of at home. This is an excellent opportunity to abandon medications that can cause side effects.

Note! Folk techniques have contraindications. Before we love self-treatment, we need to know the opinion of the attending physician.

Treatment methods

Treatment at home includes a large number of ideas and ways, because an unpleasant feeling of pain in the head area people have suffered since ancient times. The doctors of those years, first of all, insisted:

• on walks in the open air;
• a restrained attitude to surrounding events;
• a good dream.

Depending on the cause of the pain, different methods and methods of treatment can be used.

Cluster headache

Such pains are treated by proven long-term use of methods. Anti-spasm therapy is aimed at strengthening and restoring the nervous system. Infusions of herbs and decoctions of them should be taken for a long time.

1. Relieves pain applying to the temples and frontal part of the head leaves of medicinal plants( aloe, cabbage, black currant), raw potatoes, menthol oil.
2. Effective massage in case of pain on special points( whiskey, crown, eyebrows, nose area).The impact on each point is not more than a minute.
3. Mud treatment is applied by applying to the head a composition of clay with medicinal broth( clay and peppermint infusion) or therapeutic mud with the addition of vinegar, lemon, garlic or lemon balm.

At pregnancy

To not accept tablets, at pregnancy it is possible to remove or take off headaches having rested in a dark room, with use of a compress. And the localization of the headache is determined, and if the head hurts on the back of the neck or in the temples, the compress is applied to the neck, and if the pain senses on the forehead, the compress is applied to this place.

With reduced pressure, hot tea with sugar or a cool shower will help, and a warm shower will reduce the increased pressure and the resulting headache.

In case of genyantritis

To eliminate headaches with sinusitis, you can use these methods:

• honey-salt compress applied to the forehead, but one should pay attention to the presence of free outflow of accumulated mucus from the nose;
• facilitates the condition of the patient with sinusitis, abundant and frequent rinsing of the nostrils with a weak saline solution( the best result when using sea salt).

After a stroke

Stroke-assisted people are helped by a calm environment and support from relatives to relieve headaches.

Relieves spasms and improves blood supply by taking warm baths for hands. You need to put your hands on the elbow in warm water and pour, as necessary, hot. In the bath you need to hold your hands for about 10 minutes.

Some people feel relief from using oranges and lemons with honey. It is necessary to clean and separate from the stones 2 oranges and 2 lemons. Twist in a blender and add 2 tbsp.spoons of honey. Hold the day at room temperature and put in the refrigerator. Add 1 tbsp.spoon into the tea.

Pain in the nape of the neck

To reduce the pain in the occipital part it is possible to massage the neck, shoulders and back. After that, you need to lie down in a comfortable position and try to sleep. Try not to think about the pursuing problems. Moisten the air of the room. It will help to remove the occipital pain comfortable orthopedic pillow for sleeping and applying cold compresses to the nape. But if the pain is caused by increased pressure, then massage is not recommended. You can also use exercise therapy or perform therapeutic postures.

Folk remedies

Home treatment can be divided into several categories:

• herbal treatment;
• massage;
• inhalation.

Modern home-based measures to reduce pain have been replenished with a large number of recipes, but many have remained since those distant times.

Simple ways to ease the headache:

1. Mix ammonia + camphor alcohol in the same amount. Inhale this solution.
2. To attach to whiskey and ears sauerkraut wrapped in gauze. Head the head with a towel. You can use a leaf of fresh cabbage, only in this case apply to the forehead.
3. In ancient times a cotton swab was moistened with freshly squeezed juice of a boar or onion and laid in the ears. Juice raw onions can be applied on the forehead in the form of compresses.
4. Hot foot bath, contrast shower.
5. Apply to the temporal and frontal parts of the face a bandage with sliced ​​thin straws raw potatoes, helps another leaf of aloe, cut along.
6. Ointment "star" or menthol oil apply on the temporal area.

Warning! These methods can reduce pain, but do not eliminate the cause of their appearance. For complete healing, you need an accurate diagnosis, delivered by a doctor.

Treatment with herbs

Countless recipes come from herbal collections. Healing properties of plants were known many centuries ago. The most effective of them:

1. Take the grass of rosemary, sage, thyme - 20 grams to mix these herbs.25 g of the finished mixture put in a glass and pour boiling water. Insist for at least 10 minutes. Strain, take internally in a warm state.
2. Mother-and-stepmother, nettles, kiprej - for 20 g. Ingredients to mix, grind( it is possible in a blender).Add 500 ml of water, boil for 10 minutes. Drink 200 ml per day.
3. Mix the root of valerian, St. John's wort, wild strawberry, peppermint, calendula officinalis and chamomile flowers - 25 g each, ingredients to grind. Pour one liter of boiling water. Boil for 10 minutes, put in a water bath.
4. A glass of pure boiled water to pour 15 g of Siberian elderberry. Within 30-40 minutes.insist. Take ¼ cup for 30 minutes before eating.
5. 30 grams of calyx bark pour boiling water( 2 cups), hold in a water bath for about 30 minutes. Remove from heat, allow to infuse for another 15 minutes, drain. Apply for migraine attacks of 15 ml several times a day.

Tip! Strong and fairly hot tea will help to overcome the headache.

Therapeutic massage

There are several points where the headache goes away with the massage. They are in the area of ​​the temples, nose, eyebrows and in the parietal zone. Manipulation should not be sharp, it is necessary to slightly massage the movements to massage each of the points, and not longer than one minute.

With severe headaches

There are cases when the head hurts unbearably, and there is no way to buy an anesthetic. In these cases, the following recipes will help:

1. Mix 20 g of celandine, with 20 ml of rose oil. Add a little vinegar. Composition lubricate whiskey.

Warning! The celandine has a number of contraindications and is a poisonous plant. Before using it, consult a doctor.

1. Take 25 g periwinkle, put in a glass and pour half the alcohol. Put the container in a dark place and let it brew for 10 days. Take in the morning, at lunch and in the evening in a dosage of 5 drops. Preferably before meals.
2. Ledum marsh to powder. Take no more than 5 g of the collection( this is about half a teaspoon).Admission is not more than once per day.

Warning! The plant is poisonous! Avoid overdose.

Medical devices

Many people in the medicine cabinet will find drugs that help to relieve pain. In order not to cause serious consequences, you need to know the dosage of dosage forms:

• aspirin - no more than 6 tablets per day, at one time up to two pieces;
• orthophane - three times a day for one piece;
• piroxicam - one tablet with an interval of 5 hours;
• papaverine - one piece in the morning, lunch and evening;
• no-shpa - up to two pieces, in the morning and in the evening.

Warning! These drugs have contraindications. Without the doctor's advice, their use is undesirable.

Summing up

Of course, the headache is a very unpleasant moment, from which no one is immune. In addition to unpleasant sensations during this period, significantly reduced performance, irritating sharp smells, loud sounds, low mood.

It is possible and necessary to overcome this problem. Of course, our article does not pretend to full information about all the ways to get rid of it, but on the main points we drew your attention.

Try to use these recommendations, you do not have to endure the pain. We just need to wish you good health!