Tips on how to treat migraine

Migraine is a very common disease. It not only affects physical health, but also causes some serious sequelae, such as cerebral hemorrhage, cerebral infarction, etc. Severe cases may threaten people’s life safety. Migraine must be treated in time, especially when mild migraine occurs, it must be treated quickly. So what are some tips for treating migraine?

How do we deal with migraines?

symptom

Common migraine has no obvious precursor symptoms before the onset of the disease. Some patients also experience mental disorders, fatigue, yawning, loss of appetite, general discomfort, etc. before the onset of the disease. Pain can also be induced in women during menstruation, drinking, and hunger. The symptoms of common migraine tend to slowly worsen. The pain may be on one side or both sides, or on the entire head. The degree of pain is also milder than that of typical migraine.

The symptoms of cluster migraines are characterized by each attack lasting approximately the same length of time. The headache often starts suddenly and lasts for 30 to 120 minutes and may occur multiple times a day. Clinical manifestations may include orbital swelling, tearing, conjunctival congestion, nasal congestion, sweating, and a burning sensation on the painful side of the face. In typical cases, thickening and tortuosity of the scalp blood vessels may be seen.

Generally, women are more prone to migraine symptoms before and after menstruation. Due to a series of symptoms brought about by physical discomfort, they may experience dizziness, blurred vision, vertigo, emotional instability, swollen eyes, etc. They are also afraid of light and have frequent headaches, mainly in the temples, around the eye sockets and the front of the head. The pain usually reaches a peak within 1-2 hours and often lasts for more than ten hours. In severe cases, it may last for more than ten days.

Treatments for migraines

1. Rub your temples

Press your temples with the middle fingers of both hands and rub them in circles. After rubbing them 7 to 8 times clockwise, rub them 7 to 8 times counterclockwise. Repeat this several times. If you persist for a few days, your migraine headache will be greatly relieved. You can also comb and massage the painful points. The patient can place the ten fingertips of both hands on the most painful part of the head and do light and quick massage like combing your hair. Comb and massage 100 times back and forth each time. Do it once in the morning, noon, and before dinner every day to relieve the pain.

2. Soak your hands in hot water

Immerse your hands in hot water for about 30 minutes to dilate the blood vessels in your hands, thereby reducing the corresponding amount of blood to the brain and achieving the purpose of relieving pain. Or you can use Chinese medicine to plug the nose. Take 15 grams each of Chuanxiong, Angelica dahurica, and roasted Polygala tenuifolia, dry them, add 7 grams of borneol, grind them into fine powder, and bottle them for later use. When a migraine occurs, wrap a small amount of powder in silk cloth and plug the right nostril. It usually relieves the pain in 15 minutes.

3. Eat foods containing magnesium

For example, walnuts, peanuts, kelp, oranges, almonds, whole grains, and various green leafy vegetables can relieve migraines.

4. Wrap a towel around your head

It may seem funny, but it's a great way to treat migraines. When you feel pain, use a towel or soft cloth strip to wrap around your temples with appropriate tightness. This can inhibit blood vessel dilation and relieve pain.

5. Meditation

Using yoga and meditation is a new way to treat migraines. You can buy a CD of this kind, and when you have a headache, close your eyes and meditate for a while to the music, letting the harmonious sounds of nature make you forget the pain.

6. Drink green tea

The substances in green tea are effective in relieving migraines, so you can drink green tea in moderation to overcome severe migraines.

Traditional Chinese medicine generally treats migraine based on the syndrome differentiation and treatment of liver wind, phlegm turbidity, blood stasis, etc. For example, if the liver yang is hyperactive and the head is affected by wind and fire, it is often manifested as sudden headache, throbbing pain or distending pain, severe pain, accompanied by nausea, vomiting, dry mouth and bitter taste, etc., antelope horn soup can be used as the basic prescription for treatment, and the medicines used include antelope horn powder, Uncaria rhynchophylla, etc. For those who have cold hands and feet when they have a headache, which worsens when they are cold, and who also have nausea and vomiting and a pale tongue, it is generally a syndrome of deficiency and cold and can be treated with Evodia rutaecarpa decoction. Different syndromes require different prescriptions and medicines for treatment. Generally, hot medicines are used for cold syndromes, and cold medicines are used for hot syndromes.