The good news is that most headaches can be overcome once you know the cause and are able to get proper treatment. Learn more from “Dr. Weil’s Guide To Headaches.” Almost everyone has a headache now and then, but many people are plagued with chronic headaches that can interfere with everyday life. The good news…
6 Simple Foods Can Ease Headache Pain
Headaches are a malady suffered by many—from low-grade tension to migraine—headaches are just no fun. Headaches have many causes—stress, changes in sleep patterns or insomnia, travel and interrupted routines, and colds and other seasonal illnesses. Some headaches, such as migraines, can even be hereditary. Headaches can also be triggered by certain foods. However, some foods…
10 Natural Remedies for Migraines and Headaches
If you have never had a headache, congratulations! But for nearly everyone else, headaches happen, and there are plenty of drug-related ways to prevent and treat them. However, why risk side effects and toxicity from medications when you can go au natural? People have been treating headaches naturally for thousands of years. Some of the…
How to Get Rid of a Headache
In Greek mythology, the goddess Athena sprang, fully formed, from her father Zeus’s head. That must have been quite painful for the thunder god. I can sympathize. When I get headaches, they really do feel like someone’s trying to batter their way out of my skull. It turns out that I, too, can often eject…
80 Percent of ‘Incurable’ Headaches Caused by Cervical Spine—4 Safe, DIY Remedies
The symptoms of headache and trigeminal neuralgia, a chronic pain condition affecting the fifth cranial nerve, are more than vexing. Some people have mild headaches, which can be relieved with some rest. For those with severe headaches, they may not only suffer from dizziness, but may even vomit. Trigeminal neuralgia is also known as the…
Understanding Headaches and Migraines: Prevention Tips
Headaches are one of the most common complaints seen by primary care physicians and neurologists. There are different types of headaches. The two most common are migraine and tension headaches. Headaches tend to occur as the body attempts to detoxify. Nutrition is the key to effective detoxification and resolution of headaches. Overview The National Health…
Chinese Medicine: Eight Causes of Headaches, Their Origins, and Treatment
Headache is a localized pain that occurs in the head, neck, or above the shoulder. Frequent headaches not only affect one’s life, relationships, and work but also have a chance of developing into depression. Dr. Teng Cheng Liang, director of the Cheng Liang Medical Clinic, suggests eight common causes of headaches, explains their sources, symptoms,…
Caring for Concussions
A study found that many people treated for a concussion may not receive follow-up care that could improve their health. A concussion is a mild brain injury. It results from a bump, blow, or jolt to the head. Most people recover quickly from a concussion, but some have symptoms for weeks or months. A concussion…
Migraines: What You Need to Know
B.B. is a 32-year-old woman who has suffered from monthly migraines since she was about 15. The first two days of her period were so bad that as a teenager she couldn’t go to school; as an adult, she also can’t work for those two days each month. She tried multiple medications, but experienced too…
The Noble Bay Leaf
That single leathery leaf you occasionally find in your soup, it’s called bay. Bay leaf has a unique and complex taste—hints of clove, pepper, and eucalyptus with a pleasant woody bitterness. It is not poisonous, as many believe, just really hard to chew. Once bay imparts its subtle flavor to a recipe, the stiff leaf…
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