Headache remedies: All things you want to know (Exercise, Tips, Home remedies)

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Headache Remedies tips:

Icepack: Apply an ice pack to the painful area of your head. Try placing it on your forehead, temples, or the back of your neck.

Warm Bath: Take a warm bath or shower; take a nap; or take a walk.

Massage: Ask someone to rub your neck and back, or treat yourself to a massage.
Apply gentle, steady rotating pressure to the painful area of your head with your index finger and/or thumb. Maintain pressure for seven to 15 seconds, then release. Repeat as needed.

Keep Rest: Rest, sit, or lie quietly in a low-lit room. Close your eyes and try to release the tension in your back, neck, and shoulders.

Hydrate yourself: Dehydration can be one of the top causes for a headache. One should have many fluids like water and fresh fruit juices, and avoid caffeinated drinks like tea and coffee, which dehydrate the body. 

Head massages: Apply gentle, steady rotating pressure to the painful area of your head with your index finger and/or thumb. Maintain pressure for 7-15 seconds, then release. Repeat as needed. Massaging helps in relieving the tightened muscles and improves blood circulation. 

Follow a balanced diet with proper meal timings: There has to be a balanced diet and proper timings for the said diet. In fact, one should follow a fixed timetable for all the four meals of the day. The brain needs glucose and deprivation of glucose can cause hypoglycemia and thus the headache. So the food should be consumed at timely intervals for the proper functioning of your body’s metabolism. 

Adequate sleep: Sleeping properly in the right posture for adequate time durations is very necessary. Lack of sleep or interrupted sleep can disturb your sleep cycle and hence cause headaches. An average duration of 6-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep is necessary, and the thickness of the pillow should not be too much. 

Rest for a while: Close your eyes and try to release the tension and the pressure in your back, neck and shoulders while sitting in a low-lit room. Avoid bending over or physically exerting yourself. 

Hot shower: Stand in the shower and let the hot water hit your head and run down your neck and back. Doing so will loosen the muscles in your head and neck, allowing better blood flow. 

Try smiling and laughing: In case of minor headaches, smiling can prove to be a cure. Smiling and laughing release endorphins within the brain, working on a positive feedback loop - the more you smile and laugh, the more "feel-good" chemicals the brain releases, and the more of these chemicals it releases, the more you smile and laugh! Endorphins will help to relieve the pain. 

Relax and do what your heart says: During headaches, music works wonders as it helps in easing the stress. Apart from that, close your eyes and think pleasant thoughts. 

Breathe in fresh air: Deep breathing exercises can also help in relieving a headache; it will be even more effective as a natural headache cure if it is done in the fresh air. 

Natural Home Remedies for Headache

1. Apply a paste of Indian gooseberry (amla) and milk for headaches associated with heat stroke.

2. Prepare a paste of garlic (lahsun) in milk and add a little salt. Apply the paste on the forehead. It is very effective home remedies for headache.

3. Prepare a powder of large cardamom (badi elaichi) in oil and use it for local massage at the location of pain. This relieves symptoms of nasal congestion.

4. Pound fresh or dry coriander (dhaniya) into a paste and apply on the forehead for recurrent headache.

5. Use nasal drops of ghee in each nostril once or twice daily for chronic headache. It is a common home remedy for headache.

6. A local rub of warmed clove (laung) oil is a good home remedy for headache.

7. Pound a few leaves of lemon to extract the juice and add to boiling hot water. Use this solution for deep inhalation. This will ease your pain.

8. Make a blend of rose water (gulab arka) and white sandalwood (chandan) powder and apply it on the forehead. This external application is one of the common home remedies for headache caused by heatstroke or nervous headache.

9. Pound a few holy basil (tulsi) leaves to extract the juice and rub two or three times a day. It is an effective natural remedies for headache.

10. Soak a cloth in vinegar and place on the forehead. This will relieve your pain.

11. Chew fresh leaves of holy basil (tulsi) or inhale fresh tulsi juice mixed in boiling water. You can also put the juice in the nostrils as nasal drops. This is soothing for the brain and relieves anxiety.

12. Pound one or two almonds (badam) in mustard (sarso) oil and use to massage the neck, forehead and sides of the head. It is very effective home remedy for migraine and headache.

13. Roast some carom seeds (ajwain) and make into a poultice. Use this to make a hot fomentation on the forehead to relieve sinusitis.

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