Migraine pain is a traumatising and prolong ailment. This pain is so sickening that it does not only complicates the system from within but also gives a hard time for the person suffering from it. One can not sit easily/peacefully with this headache or pain around. According to Dr. Roger Cady, director of the Headache Care Center in Springfield, MO “there needs to be special and significant treatment to cure headaches and neglect further worsens the health.” Headaches are so stressing that it even handicaps you from leading a normal day let alone living with everyday.
8 effective and useful home remedies that will alleviate your migraine with regular application are as follows:
- Basil oil: Basil is a well scented herb with magnificent uses. As it is widely accepted it’s herbal features are widely known for treating headaches and stomach related issues enormously. Basil oil is effective to use when applied on the pain/target areas like forehead and neck. It can even be applied on shoulders and whole body and be washed off by taking hot water bath after 3-4 hours of application.
- Peppermint Oil : Peppermint oil must be applied on temples, forehead and sinus in order to reap effective results. Apply the oil everyday in order to get extraordinary result in short period of time. Peppermint is a hybrid mint that provides the wellness of two mints like water mint and spearmint combined and gives maximum results.
- Scalp Massage : Scalp massage is necessary after a big day at work. And if your already suffering from headache and migraine it all the more gets pivotal. Scalp massages are very productive as it provides the goodness of the oil by calming the mind and body together as well as giving the body a much needed relaxation. Scalp massages can be under taken with any good oil given that caters to all your needs.
- Head massagers with equipments like acupuncture rods helps significantly. They are easy to carry and are even economical. Acupressure head massager’s are good to begin with. There are a number of products in the market nowadays such as stimulating head massager and electromagnetic hair brush which has also made a market for itself with many takers.
- Lavender Oil : Lavender oil is yet another oil that is crucial in treating migraine and headache. All one needs to do is apply it on your scalp and wash it off after it completely observed in the scalp. Lavender oil can be mixed with Jojoba oil and applied for good benefits.
- Change In Diet : It is true. “You are what you eat”. An unhealthy individual will never be disease free and will always have some or the other health issue to deal with. It is always good to consume fresh fruits and dark vegetables for a healthy living. Fruits like avocado, banana,dairy, chocolate, citrus, onion, meats with nitrates. Foods that must be avoided such as bacon and hot dogs; foods containing MSG (mono sodium glutamate) that helps in deteriorating the physical condition all the more.
- Feverfew : Fever few is considered as a remarkable herb in eradicating the headache and heaving a sigh of relief. It can be directly applied on the scalp and it’s better if the oil is served as moderate hot as it then does great wonders to the headache.
- Regular Exercise : Work out everyday in order to keep headaches and other agonizing pain at distance. Exercising regularly not only provides the body with much of immunity and proportionately functions with the components involved yet renders resistance power. Running on the treadmill, doing cross trainers, allows an individual to live up to the everyday odds with ease. Specific yoga like “Pranayam and Anulom-Vilom” improves the pain to a great extent. One needs to put aside lethargy and involve in activities like such in order to tackle the problem of headache.
