Sunday, April 4, 2010

Cost-effective Ways to Fight Migraine Headaches

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I have suffered the hell of migraines for forty years! Traditional medicines to prevent or treat them are very costly and have some terrible side-effects. Luckily there are natural ways to prevent and/or lessen the severity of these crippling attacks.

First, you should know that foods high in the amino acid tyrosine can trigger headaches in many migraine sufferers. Try avoiding bananas, cheese, chocolate, wine, oranges, eggs, spinach and tomatoes.

Supplement your diet with vitamins B5,C and E, evening primrose oil and feverfew.

Add fresh ginger root to your recipes.

Try aromatherapy oils. A drop or two of lavender essential oil under your nostrils can help ward off an attack. A cool compress with a few drops of peppermint and lavender oils applied to the forehead and temples can bring quick relief. Boiling water with a few drops of rosemary, sweet marjoram or melissa and inhaling the steam can shorten the duration of these painful attacks.


Irene Helen Zundel is a freelance writer, educator and mother, and an expert in child development, home schooling and creative parenting and home making.
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