Headaches

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Some headaches and migraines don't respond to NSAIDS, aspirin, tylenol, advil, etc.

Kitchen Remedies and Natural Cures for Headaches
1. Salt: the low salt craze causes some people to have headaches. One lady told me that she has a constant headache daily. I opened a little salt packet and emptied it into her hand. I told her to eat it so we could see if it is a salt headache. Within 2 minutes, she said her headache was gone.

My daughter had violent headaches. I made lunch for her and included an Israeli pickle (packed in salt brine). As soon as she ate the salt pickle, her headache was gone. Her husband cannot eat salt, and it was causing her to have a headache.

For some people, salt is a trigger for migraine or cluster headaches. Unfortunately a person has to experiment to know. In that case, it seems that potassium foods like bananas will get rid of the headache. Potassium and salt need a careful balance.

2. Water: dehydration causes headaches. Many people become dehydrated without realizing what is wrong.

3. Serotonin is a neurotransmitter. Low levels can cause tension headaches and migraines. Levels may be helped by tryptophan or 5-HTP.

4. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter. Dopamine and stress hormones occur with migraine and tension-type headaches, and could trigger the events in the brain leading to migraine.

5. Electrical Ions calcium, magnesium, sodium, and potassium

6. Magnesium deficiencies like serotonin and dopamine are also found in tension-type and migraine headaches. A deficiency could cause the nerves in the brain to misfire.

7. clearing sinuses A neti pot or something similar to clean out the nasal cavity. Tap water can be infected with parasites (Several people died.) Boil and cool so it won't burn. The product "Just Saline" sprayed up the nose. Some clear the sinuses with vinegar water. My mother cleared her sinuses by taking Coral Calcium and her chronic headache went away.

8. Cinnamon Cures headaches and migraine pain.

9. Knitting. Tracy would knit to get rid of her migraine headaches.

10. Carbon filter water purifier.

11. Vitamin B-2

12. Supplements: magnesium, coenyme Q10, SAMe

13. Herbs: feverfew and butterbur

14. Chiropractor: my daught can only get rid of her migraine from an adjustment. Her C-1 is misaligned.

15. Accupuncture

16. Fish Oils: tends to be a tonic supplement

17. Maca: cure all. especially balances hormones. start slow (1/4 or less of recommended amount) as it can become worse before it gets better. Some people say that maca gives them a headache. So we have both sides: some it makes the headache go away; some it causes a headache. But in all fairness, people who are successful say to start with a very small amount, and build little by little over a few weeks. Those who said it caused a terrible headache started with the recommended amount listed on the bottle.

18. Exercise: difficult to do but works for many.

19. Clear the colon: My mother used Food-Zyme (food enzymes). It worked better than all those colon cleanse kits.

20. Put pure lavender or peppermint oil on the pillow. Please buy quality oils not fake scented or essense.

21. Excess glutamate

22. Check thyroid, iodine, iron: low iron can cause low thyroid; low iodine can cause low thyroid.

23. Bromism causes severe headache. Bug sprays, some sodas, etc. Read the article: Bromism

24. Chlorine can cause headaches. Swimming pools, tap water, etc.

25. Buteyko Breathing Technique can clear up headaches and migraines.

26. Have dentist check if person is grinding teeth or clenching teeth. Sometimes it is loud enough that you know.

27. Sick Building: Mold, mildew, and Fungus cause headaches and migraines. Read Fungus.

28. Yeast Infection cause headaches and migraines

29. Reishi mushroom extract (Ganoderma lucidum) can completely cure migraine headaches. Most say that Reishi Coffee tastes just like regular Columbian coffee.

30. For migraines: put feet in hot water and ice pack on neck and forehead.

31. For migraines: adjust faucet temperature so it very hot but won't burn. Put hands under the running hot water.

32. For migraines: Yarrow

33. "Clock radio’s are the main cause of migraine. About 50% of all migraine disappears when people put the clock radio at least 1,2 meters away from their beds." (http://meridianenergies.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/ElectronSpinInversion.pdf)

Number 5 and 7 together: Jerry had a chronic headache across his forehead, just above the eyebrows. He took a large dose of Coral calcium for about 10 weeks. It cleared up his sinus infection. Once his sinuses were uninfected, his chronic headache disappeared.

Journal your foods, activities, supplements, location, migraines (include duration). Look for a pattern. If you only have migraines at work, then what is different at work. Does it come in relation to a woman's menstation. Story: My father had a migraine every Saturday. After journaling, we found that he did not drink coffee on Saturday morning. His migraine was a caffeine withdrawal.

Outside Sources
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1032503/pdf/jnnpsyc00524-0030.pdf

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