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Two Natural Ways for Relieving Headache

Moreover, medicals like the aspirin will only smooth the symptoms and with time will only perpetuate the ailment. Treating headache, we have to remember about the causes of it and avoid concentrating only on symptoms. What we want to offer is natural remedies for curing the headache which will help not only to smooth the symptoms but to influence on the trigger of the pain.

Remedy #1 An Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV)

For centuries, people have used apple cider vinegar for treating different illnesses. In fact, it has been used to cure everything beginning with the scurvy, ending with hay fever, and including all ailments that fall in between. Nowadays research proves that it is an effective remedy for treating certain diseases, but most of its healing abilities lie in the reports created throughout the centuries by people who have got benefit from it. If you are suffering from a throbbing headache, maybe it’s high time you get an ACV steam-style treatment?

What you need:

ACV – ¼ cup

Boiling water – 3 cups

Fresh cool water – 1 cup

How to use:

Into a large bowl, pour required an amount of apple cider vinegar and add boiling water. Put it on the surface comfortable for performing the procedure. Cover your head with a towel so that it drapes over the bowl and captures the steam. Hold your face over it to get affected by the stream but don’t get burned by it. During the whole procedure, you should breathe in and out deeply.

The time of duration is approximately ten minutes, or if you feel good, you can continue till the water starts to cool down. After you finish the procedure, pat your face with a towel and drink a glass of cool water.

Remedy #2 Relaxing

Time waits for no one, so we all try to fasten our life to stay all the time busy and stressed. It’s not a reasonable state for our body, and it reacts by tensing and knotting up muscles. Sue to such changes in the upper back, neck, and shoulders, we can experience headaches of various tension types. As it is mentioned above, your aim is to get rid of the causes and as a result, you won’t suffer from the symptoms. What we offer:

  1. Go for yoga. Your muscles are knotted up, so you need to drop the tension, it’s logical, right? Yoga is one of the best ways to help your muscles relax with the help of a few moves. And to prevent is better than to fight the ailments, so it is better to practice yoga regularly for a few minutes every day so that preventing the headaches.
  2.  Breathe. The way you breathe can drastically change the way you feel. For normal functioning, our organism requires a sufficient amount of oxygen. Take a deep, full breath to fill up your lungs with oxygen and enjoy relaxing.           

Now you know two easy and natural ways of treating the headache without pills.

Author
Gary Starkman Dr. Starkman, a top Neurologist in NYC, is the Medical Director and founder of New York Neurology Associates. He is Board Certified in Neurology with a subspecialty certification in Pain Medicine.

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