Homemade Remedies to Fight Off Headache Pain

Headache pain is perhaps one of the most common problems that people have from day to day. Most of the times people use over the counter medicines to fight it off, which sometimes also stop working after a period of time. Let us look at some of the home-made remedies that can be used to help relieve the pain.

Ginger tea is most probably the most effective of all! All you have to do is crush up an inch of ginger root and add it to the boiling water. Make tea as usual and see how fast the headaches go away.

You can use the feverfew, supplement from the sunflower family to treat conditions like migraines. Fever few reduces the inflammation of the nerves, takes off the extra pressure and hence prevents migraines.

Placing a small amount of the capsaicin cream inside your nostril which is on the side of the head in which you are experiencing pain helps soothe the pain. The active ingredient, cayenne pepper in the cream blocks the nerve pain signals.

Treat yourself to some hydrotherapy! Place your feet in hot water for about 2 minutes and then cold water for about 2 minutes. Continue this for about 20 minutes. The increased blood flow circulation brings nutrients to the organs and causes the toxins to be carried away.

Place an Icepack over your head. Also apply heat to the back of our neck using a heating pad or a hot water bottle. Heat helps loosens the muscles that were tight due to tension.

Acupressure massage is a great away to ward of undue aches. To relieve yourself of the pain, place your finger in the depression between your first and second toe and press firmly for about 3-5 minutes. Continue this for about a couple of minutes and see how your body responds to it.

Last, but not the least, it is extremely crucial to get adequate amount of sleep everyday in favorable sleeping conditions.

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