Hydrotherapy for headaches / Headache. Treatment and prevention using traditional and non-traditional methods

How to get rid of headaches

With cold and heat

Try using a compress of cold or warm water, or just wet your head. Try cold water first, and if that doesn’t help, warm water. Both methods help some people. Try to lie down to rest if possible, dim the lights, try to relax and fall asleep.

Many tablets that are designed to relieve headaches, Citramon, Panadol, contain caffeine, and indeed, if you drink a cup of coffee, the pain decreases. Its action is based on the narrowing of blood vessels, so it should not be taken by people with high blood pressure. And for others, drinking coffee too often is not recommended. The exception is people suffering from arterial hypotension.

Remember, before, almost every home had star balm. Rub it on your temples to quickly relieve headaches. A heating pad on your forehead can also help you with this, as can a contrast shower.

Natural remedies

A cup of fairly strong tea without sugar will help soothe the pain. If it is completely impossible to drink, you can replace sugar with honey. Green tea can also quickly relieve pain. You can add mint to tea; it is also used in aromatherapy to relieve headaches.

You can wipe your forehead with lemon juice; vinegar is also suitable for this purpose. A good anti-inflammatory agent is cabbage. It can be applied to the forehead or back of the head for an hour or more.

Cinnamon tincture can be used as a compress on the temples or taken orally. To do this, a teaspoon of cinnamon is diluted with a glass of boiling water and infused. Lemon peel applied to the sore spot is also very effective.

You should always have herbs in reserve that will help relieve headaches, especially if you have them more often.

Among these herbs:

• Ginger,

• Coriander,

• Pyrethrum,

• Willow.

And such recipes are simply irreplaceable in treatment:

• 2 tbsp. linden and raspberry, and according to Art. Pour boiling water over anise, lingonberries, and coltsfoot and leave. Drink the drink warm before bed.

• 2 tbsp. hawthorn, motherwort and bearberry, and 1 tbsp. l. Boil valerian and take one hour after meals.

Massage

A head massage will help you quickly get rid of headaches. Here are some places you can massage to help you feel better.

Massage the point located along the eyebrow growth line above the bridge of the nose.

•Massage with your index fingers where the hair growth makes the corner.

• Firm pressure on the earlobes is equally effective.

• At the same time massage the places where the eyebrows end.

• A simple massage of the bridge of the nose also helps.

The Eastern technique of acupressure zhen will help relieve a migraine attack. It consists of influencing certain biologically active points. A total of approximately 100 pressures are required. Try different points and choose which one is right for you.

• The “gate of consciousness” point is the point between the large muscles in the neck. It helps fight headache attacks well.

• Wind lock point - located in the depression at the base of the skull.

• Drilling bamboo point. – located in the eye sockets near the inner edges of the eyebrows.

• You can also perform a comprehensive neck and shoulder massage yourself. In addition, it relaxes muscles well after a hard day at work. It must be done in a sitting position. For this:

• With your fingers pointing towards your shoulder blades, place your palms on your shoulders.

• Lower your head back and relax your neck. Press down on your shoulders with your fingers. Massage them in circular motions.

What should you do to get a headache?

There are actually quite a few options, but I wouldn’t recommend doing something like that, but still, if you really need it so badly, you can just hit your head on something. Is the goal really worth such sacrifices? You decide.

As for me, there are no other quick ways. You can sit at the computer for a long time, but it’s not a fact that you’ll get a headache (many people are just used to it). You can stay up at night and drink alcohol - then your head will definitely hurt.

The sun may give you a headache, but this option is only suitable in the summer.

It is undesirable for any person to have a headache. But for some reason this may be needed.

So for a headache

1) you need to sit for half an hour in a stuffy room and it is desirable that there is a strong smell there. Your head may begin to hurt and feel dizzy.

2) stand in the sun for a long time so that your head gets hot

3) tilt your head down and stand like that for several minutes

4) circle for several minutes. you need to spin longer because if it doesn’t last long, you’ll feel a little dizzy and that’s all, but if it lasts for a long time, you’ll still get sick

5) inhale a very strong, preferably unpleasant odor for 5-10 minutes

6) worry about something

7) turn on the music at full volume and listen until your head hurts

To get a headache you can do the following:

1) Spend a long time in the open scorching sun without a hat;

2) Hit something;

3) Stay up all night;

4) Drink a lot of alcohol;

6) Load yourself with mental work;

7) Spend a long time at the computer.

Get nervous. The surest way, it seems to me. At least for me, when I get nervous, my head hurts so much that I ask the opposite question - how to get rid of it. My head feels like it’s in a vice, it hurts very badly.

do not eat for a long time; get sick after walking in the wind; eat something wrong, including medications; smoke a lot of cigarettes. I don’t understand why just this.

It's strange when a person wants to have a headache. After all, this pain is quite unpleasant.

There are many ways to solve this problem, but all of them are harmful to health.

Don't sleep all night. It's not just your head that will hurt the next morning. You can spend this night at a disco.

Getting high and getting drunk will also lead to headaches.

What can cause a headache? From spending a long time in front of a computer monitor, from strong experiences and stress, from heat stroke, from taking certain medications, from physical impact on the head (blow).

Hit something hard. And why is this anyway? You can overload your brain with heavy mental work or simply not sleep for several nights. But if you have a headache, then this is already a signal that something is wrong, why ruin yourself?

Pretend to be blonde. Everything will work out. Worth a try.

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Do yoga, it will not only help improve your posture, but also relax your muscles and calm and heal your entire body. Regular exercise, as many studies show, can even defeat migraines. Aerobic exercise is best suited for this.

Watch your diet. For example, monosodium glutamate, one of the food additives that is very often added to seasonings, can also cause headaches.

You need to eat regularly, breaks between meals should not exceed 4 hours, with the exception of sleep. During fasting, blood sugar may drop, which is one of the causes of headaches. Try to avoid dehydration and drink clean drinking water regularly.

Be sure to sleep at least 8 hours a night. Scientists have proven that, contrary to popular belief, 6 hours is still not enough for healthy sleep. Spend more time in the fresh air, try to be less likely to be in a room where the heater or air conditioner is running. They help reduce oxygen and humidity levels.

Try to be less stressed, especially at work, don’t put off important things until the last minute, and don’t quarrel with colleagues. Better walk away from the quarrel. Try not to lash out, especially if you can't argue without expressing a cascade of emotions.

What can nature do to stop headaches - herbs, hydrotherapy

As in every area of health, the rule of thumb for headaches is that the best thing that can be done therapeutically is preventive measures.

Non-pharmacological treatment options for headaches:

Psychotherapy and psychosomatic analysis.
Soft rehabilitation technologies.
Traditional Chinese medicine.
Acupuncture.
Ayurveda.
Dietary measures.
Relaxation, yoga, Qigong.

Pharmacological treatment options for headaches:

Antidepressants.
Valproate
Beta blockers.
Ergot derivatives.
Tranquilizers.

Taking painkillers

If, nevertheless, no methods help, and your head hurts so much that it is impossible to bear, and you know for sure that the cause of this is not a serious illness, then you can take a headache pill. You should not take the pills if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Remember a few things. If your doctor has prescribed you a serious prescription-only medication, carefully monitor your dosage. If you are taking an over-the-counter medication, you should not do this every day. You can take it no more than 15 times a month.

What should you do to get a headache?

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You will have a headache from traffic jams, from searching for a parking space near the house, and from constant repairs. So, to get a headache, find yourself problems and the larger they are, the stronger the headache. There are actually quite a few options, but I wouldn’t recommend doing something like that, but still, if you really need it so badly, you can just hit your head on something. Is the goal really worth such sacrifices? You decide.

The sun may give you a headache, but this option is only suitable in the summer.

It is undesirable for any person to have a headache. But for some reason this may be needed.

So for a headache

1) you need to sit for half an hour in a stuffy room and it is desirable that there is a strong smell there. Your head may begin to hurt and feel dizzy.

2) stand in the sun for a long time so that your head gets hot

3) tilt your head down and stand like that for several minutes

4) circle for several minutes. you need to spin longer because if it doesn’t last long, you’ll feel a little dizzy and that’s all, but if it lasts for a long time, you’ll still get sick

5) inhale a very strong, preferably unpleasant odor for 5-10 minutes

6) worry about something

7) turn on the music at full volume and listen until your head hurts

To get a headache you can do the following:

1) Spend a long time in the open scorching sun without a hat;

2) Hit something;

3) Stay up all night;

4) Drink a lot of alcohol;

6) Load yourself with mental work;

7) Spend a long time at the computer.

do not eat for a long time; get sick after walking in the wind; eat something wrong, including medications; smoke a lot of cigarettes. I don’t understand why just this.

It's strange when a person wants to have a headache. After all, this pain is quite unpleasant.

There are many ways to solve this problem, but all of them are harmful to health.

Don't sleep all night. It's not just your head that will hurt the next morning. You can spend this night at a disco.

Getting high and getting drunk will also lead to headaches.

Pretend to be blonde. Everything will work out. Worth a try.

What medications are good for headaches?

• Based on the active ingredient paracetamol: Paracetamol, Panadol, Calpol. (for mild pain and moderate intensity).

• Slightly stronger drugs: Migrenol, Panadol Extra Solpadeine Fast, based on paracetamol and caffeine.

• Analgesics (Metamizole sodium): Analgin, Analgin-Ultra, Baralgin M.

• Preparations based on aspirin, paracetamol and caffeine Askofen-P, Koficil-Plus, Citramon P, CitramonUltra.

Other alternative medicine

Before resorting to using this or that product, it is recommended to prepare: if you have a headdress, you need to remove it, then drink a glass of warm water, take a comfortable horizontal position and relax. Perhaps these actions will already help get rid of the unpleasant feeling.

Traditional medicine describes various methods of combating headaches. Let's look at some of them:

The aromas of lavender, ylang-ylang, and lemon are an excellent remedy for headaches.
aromatherapy (mint, orange, ylang-ylang, lavender and lemon aromas are suitable for combating headaches). You can use aromatic oils both to fill aroma lamps and as an additional means when massaging your temples;
The medicine can be prepared from lemon. The citrus fruit needs to be peeled (only the pulp is needed for the recipe), cut into several pieces and applied with the wet side to the temple area;

Doctor's note: contact of lemon juice with the skin must be constantly monitored; do not use the product for longer than 1-2 minutes. If, at the end of the procedure, reddened areas appear on the skin, they should be carefully rinsed with clean water and lubricated with baby cream.

You can apply garlic paste ;
Cabbage leaves will also be useful - they should be applied not only to the temporal area, but also to the back of the head;
Another remedy is to soak pieces of cotton wool in beetroot juice and apply them to the ears;
clay lotions (a piece of clay is dissolved in water until a creamy consistency is obtained, applied to the feet and wrapped with a warm cloth). The exposure time of the product is one hour.

Urinary system

For diseases of the urinary system, warm water has a relaxing effect, which leads to a reduction in symptoms of inflammatory diseases. You can also alleviate the condition in men with prostatitis: under the influence of warm water, the pelvic muscles relax, which leads to a decrease in pain. In addition, by eliminating tissue swelling, urination is normalized. However, the water temperature should not exceed 37°C; higher values have an adverse effect on male fertility.

Musculoskeletal system

After physical work or intense sports training, a bath is a great way to relieve pain and tension in muscles and joints. By the way, a hot bath for muscle and joint pain can be a real salvation, replacing a massage session. Additionally, patients suffering from certain bone and joint diseases can also use the healing properties of hot water to relieve their suffering. For example, even with such complex diseases as multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's disease, thanks to the temperature and pressure of water, it is possible to gently eliminate pain and discomfort.

Contraindications for a hot bath

Despite the benefits of a hot bath, regular immersion in hot water will not always benefit everyone. Therefore, before the procedure, make sure that you have no contraindications to a hot bath.

Severe diseases of the heart and blood vessels are an obstacle to a hot bath, including water procedures are contraindicated for patients who have suffered a heart attack or stroke;
People suffering from low blood pressure should take into account that hot water dilates blood vessels, which can lead to a drop in pressure;
Hot water can worsen the condition of patients with venous diseases, so for thrombophlebitis it is better to take a shower;
Increased body temperature of any origin;
The presence of infection in the body, including tuberculosis;
Epilepsy;
Oncological diseases and cirrhosis of the liver;
With severe diabetes, there is a risk of worsening the condition;
During menstruation, high temperature water can provoke heavy bleeding;
For pregnant women, the permissible water temperature is no more than 37°C; at higher values, there is a risk of spontaneous abortion. Late-term bathing is not recommended to prevent infection of the fetus.

If you are unsure whether you can take a hot bath, it is best to consult your doctor. It is also better to give preference to a shower if you notice that your health after it is not entirely ideal. Additionally, great care should be taken when bathing children in hot water.

Hormone levels

It has been noted that regular bathing can lower blood glucose levels, which is important to consider in case of diabetes. In addition, under the influence of hot water, the level of serotonin, the so-called happiness hormone, increases. Perhaps this is why the level of anxiety decreases while taking a bath; as a rule, a person experiences real pleasure while bathing. If you make the water slightly cooler, for example, no more than 30°C, then a 10-15 minute procedure reduces the level of cortisol - the so-called stress hormone, one of the culprits of premature aging, weight gain, nervousness and other disorders. In addition, a hot bath helps fight chronic fatigue; a short procedure has an effect similar to a meditation session.

Diagnostics

If headaches occur rarely and pass quickly enough, there is no need to worry. If they are systematic, you should consult a neurologist. To determine the nature of this condition, it is necessary to perform various types of studies:

Magnetic resonance imaging. This method allows you to assess the state of the brain, identify formations and other disorders of its functioning.
CT scan. This type of examination makes it possible to detect circulatory disorders or abnormalities in brain development.
Magnetic resonance angiography. It can be used to assess the condition of the cerebral vessels.
Blood pressure monitoring. Allows you to detect even hidden forms of hypertension.
X-ray of the cervical spine. With its help, you can assess the condition of the vertebrae, because osteochondrosis often causes headaches.
Blood analysis. This test can help identify a viral or bacterial infection.
Examination by an ophthalmologist. Allows you to detect changes in the fundus.

During the examination, the neurologist must find out the nature of the headaches and the circumstances that preceded their appearance. In combination with clinical studies, this will allow the doctor to determine the cause of the pathology. In some cases, examinations by other specialists are necessary to determine the correct diagnosis.

Practical tips for taking a hot bath

Of course, you can quickly immerse your body in hot water and add some cleanser. But, apart from washing away sweat and dust, there is no beneficial effect to speak of. Do you want to get the maximum benefit from taking a hot bath?

When filling the bath with hot water, make sure that its temperature does not exceed 40°C, otherwise the bath will have a negative effect on the skin, accelerating aging;
Bathing time should not exceed 30 minutes;
You should immerse yourself in the water gradually, lowering your legs into the bath first, then your whole body.
You can add sea salt, decoctions of medicinal herbs, such as calendula, mint, chamomile, oak bark, thyme, etc. to the water - the choice depends on the purpose. For example, chamomile and mint are good as a sedative, and oak bark is effective in the presence of an inflammatory process on the skin, ginger can be used for colds, etc.
If your goal is relaxation, dim the bright lights.
2-3 times a week is the best option for taking baths. With more frequent bathing, there is a chance that your skin will become dry.
At the end of bathing, you can rinse with cool water, then gently rub your skin and apply a nourishing cream to it.
Avoid drinking cold drinks before taking a hot bath.
If you are in a hurry, it is better to replace taking a bath with a shower. To achieve the maximum effect from a hot bath, you need to relax, which is impossible when you are in a hurry.
It is better to avoid alcoholic drinks during a hot bath, as there is a risk of changes in blood pressure. But you can drink still water, juices, rosehip infusion and other non-alcoholic drinks.

Hot bath for men

Scientists from different countries and at different times conducted studies that revealed a connection between high environmental temperatures and infertility. Sperm are very sensitive to heat, so if you plan to have a baby, it is better to avoid any overheating of the groin area. Subsequently, reproductive abilities are restored in only half of the men. By the way, in Japan there is even a centuries-old tradition according to which hot baths are not recommended for men who do not have children.

Nervous system

What could be better than the opportunity to relax after a busy day at work? Of course, a hot bath is an ideal means of relaxation - both physical and psychological! When the body is immersed in hot water, its temperature increases, muscles relax, and tension is relieved. After taking a bath, a person usually falls asleep faster and sleep is of better quality. By the way, one glass of warm milk before bed is considered an effective remedy for improving sleep. What about those who do not like or cannot tolerate milk? Bathing in hot water helps you fall asleep quickly, sleep soundly and wake up easily!