How to relieve a headache without painkillers

Headache

If you often experience headaches are unbearable? There are several causes of headaches, stress or stomach Suppose you're not in good condition. Often you need a solution to cure it, but do not want to keep taking painkillers Head of the counter. For that, you can try the following ways, in order to relieve pain and can immediately return to work.

1. Relaxation techniques
Take a deep breath and stretch a few times in the neck and shoulder area can relax stiff muscles, which affect the occurrence of headaches. Sheena Aurora, MD, director of the Swedish Headache Center, in Seattle, recommends this solution to relieve the headache that occurs because you are experiencing stress. In addition, stretching the body can also fix bad posture, which is also one of the causes of headaches.

2. Hot or cold therapy
Hot or cold sensation suitable for the type of heads that are light (not a migraine). It's easy, you just need to put a hot or cold compresses (now available in a package of practical and can be purchased at retail pharmacies) in the part that feels pain, then let stand for 15 minutes.
"The choice of hot or cold compresses it depends on your preferences," according to Jason Rosenberg, MD, director of the Johns Hopkins Headache Center, Bayview, Baltimore. Experts still have not found out why this therapy can be effective, but suspected a cold compress can slow blood flow and reduce inflammation. Meanwhile, a hot compress to increase blood flow and relieve pain.

3. Drinking coffee
For mild headache scale, drinking coffee with caffeine could be a "cure" that works. Caffeine also inhibits adenosine, a neurotransmitter that can cause blood vessels to dilate and create pressure. Drinking beverages containing caffeine shortly after the headaches come can help relieve pain. However, unfortunately this only applies to those who rarely drink coffee, or consumption is not more than 1 cup a day. When your coffee addict, so this therapy can "cure" is less responsive.

4. Peppermint tea
The headaches usually come along with abdominal discomfort? Try drinking peppermint tea to ease it.
"Peppermint is proven to relieve tension in the gastrointestinal tract, as well as relieve symptoms of headache," said Audrey L. Halpern, MD, director of the Manhattan Center for Headache and Neurology.
In addition, neurochemical changes in the brain caused by attacks of headache can also affect parts of the brain that can create nausea, continued Halpern. Thus, peppermint tea will also help relieve the nausea did not. Important: When you're pregnant, you should not take peppermint without first consulting a physician

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