Water the cure for headaches?!
Question: Once I said I had a headache and a total stranger told me to drink more water. Could this seriously help in some way or is it a wives tale?
Answers: Once I said I had a headache and a total stranger told me to drink more water. Could this seriously help in some way or is it a wives tale?
Water, water, water is what you need to stay hydrated hun..... that stranger was definitely telling you the truth. You need at least 2 - 3 litres per day. Hey, you need at least 2 litres per day just to maintain aspiration (to breath)!! Headaches and migraines are symptoms of dehydration as are puffy bags under your eyes, dark circles under your eyes, constipation, bloating and cramps, inability to think clearly ?
You need to ensure that you are hydrating your body properly........... at least 2 - 3 litres of water per day. There are those that say you only need 4 or five glasses per day, but how about if you are dehydrating yourself by drinking coffee, tea, sodas and soft drinks and alcohol?? for each cup of coffee you drink the caffeine will trick your brain into thinking that it has plenty of water to spare and hence your body will excrete about 2 cups of water ~ putting you behind the 8 ball to start with.
Sodas and soft drinks are worse ~ for each can you drink your body will excrete up to 12 cups of water !! Scary hey!
Ever wake up in the morning, have your morning coffee or tea and get to work and just can't stop yawning?? That's because your body needs water to breath, transport nutrients all over your body, for our digestive tracts to work properly, to lubricate our joints effectively etc.etc.etc........ water ie ~ fresh filtered water, is the single most important thing you can focus on.
After all, the happiest and healthiest body is always going to be the most hydrated one?
The organic loose leaf variety of peppermint tea is a great choice to eliminate a headache. Simply put 2 - 3 teaspoons of the herb into a teapot and top with boiling water and let brew for 15 - 20 minutes. Peppermint tea is also a good tonic for an acid tummy and will lift your mood and spirits without being a stimulant .......... organic is the best way to go as the essential oils in it are so rich, the commercial varieties have had so much of the goodness pulverised from them they could never possibly be used for therapeutic purposes. ?
Any good health food store should be able to provide you with both the oil and herbal tea ?
Also, if you are lactose intolerant or a vegetarian then you really do need to supplement your diet with a multi B complex supplement ~ a deficiency in vitamin B3 (niacin) will produce negative personality changes in a person and will also produce headaches and migraines, diahorrea, depression, itching skin.
Make sure you buy a supplement including all the B's ie ~ B1, B2, B3, B5, B6 and B12 as they work best together.
Eat more foods rich in this vitamin ie ~ fish, lean meats, whole wheat products, brewer's yeast, liver, eggs, roasted peanuts, the white meat of poultry, avocadoes, dates, figs and prunes ~ a handfull of steamed chicken does the trick for me when i have a cracking headache?
Niacin will also eliminate canker sores and often times bad breath too. it will give you healthier looking skin, increase circulation and reduce high blood pressure. It is necessary for a healthy nervous system and brain functions.
iburofen and Tylenol will do a fine job of ripping you off of your essential complex of B vitamins .............. hence, they may work to start with but fail to actually cure the cause and only serve to bandaid the symptoms.
The pure essential oil peppermint oil is also a fine way to eliminate a headache quickly. Simply put a few drops onto a cotton ball and inhale the aroma being carefull not to rub it on your skin as it will more than likely irritate it when placed directly onto your skin, so avoid that?
I truly do wish you all the very best of health & vitality buddy?
take care of you ?
CHEERS
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This can help in certain cases.
If you are dehydrated, there is not enough water in your brain
Because your brain is 75% water.
FACT.
Sometimes it can be due to other causes such as loud noises and banging your head so drinking more water will not help.
It depends on what the headache is caused by. Any headaches caused by dehydration, including a hangover, all can be helped with water. If the headache is caused by another source, water might not help too much.
I don't get headaches very often but when I do a lot of times it is because I am dehydrated. So yeah it definatly works for some headaches.
it really does depend on what brought on the headache. try caffeine. it does something to e blood vessels in your head and makes the headache go away. if you get them alot it maybe you need to eat to get sugar in your body. i get them when i wait too long in the day to eat.
find the cause and it will be better to take them away!
ps the caffeine isn't a wife's tale! my sister had an epideral when she was in labor and she got a severe migraine and the hospital told her to drink coffee!!!
Depends. I got an interesting remedy for head ache from a site. I haven't tried it as of yet, but looks like it did help a couple of people.Read this.
When I was little, I would always get headaches. My mother used this recipe on me.
INGREDIENTS: A bar of chocolate,
Vinegar,
Water,
A towel,
Bar of soap.
How To Take: Put the bar of chocolate in the microwave until it gets soft. Smear some of it over your forehead (hold your hair back). Soak the towel in water and squeeze it out so the towel is damp. Pour some vinegar onto it. Wipe the chocolate from your forehead with the vinegar part of the towel. Clean the towel and use the soap to make a lather on the towel. Wipe the vinegar from your forehead with this. Rinse your forehead and eat the rest of the chocolate. With every bite, add a drop of vinegar to it. Works every time!.
okay so this is the honet truth water can cure so many things if its not contaminated with flouride and many other heavy metals. if your body is not used to drinking a large amount of water though at first you will expierience a worsening of headaches simply because it is detoxing your body . No matter what method you choose to detox you will always feel worse before you feel better. Its because of all the gunk coming out. Many people report flu like symptoms. I chose the water and pure apple juice detox for my kidneys and geez i felt awful. i know many people who detoxed with coconut and they had awful expierences but in the long run wound up feeling better