Temple massage with essential oils, cryotherapy, sweetened coffee and paracetamol … there are many simple solutions available to make a migraine go away. Here are eight tips to follow in case of a headache.
More and more frequent affliction, in particular because of our addiction to screens, migraine affects 7 to 8 million people in France, three quarters of whom are women. When she strikes, she can bedrill you for hours, preventing you from doing anything other than throwing up. If it usually ends up going by itself, here are 8 easily applicable tips in order to get over it as quickly as possible.
1 / drink water
Most often, you have a headache because you are dehydrated. Remember to drink throughout the day to avoid migraines. The easiest way to do this is to have a water bottle in your bag or on your desk at all times.
2 / Apply a glove of cold water to your forehead
Simple and effective, a wet glove with cold water on your forehead will help ease the pain. Close your eyes and apply in the dark and calm until you feel better.
3 / Think cryotherapy
If you have pain in the forehead and temples, apply cold. This will cause vasoconstriction of the dilated vessels, thus relieving the symptoms. Wrap ice cubes in a cloth and rub the painful area.
4 / think hot
When the pain is located at the back of the head, it can be due to an old trauma to the cervical level waking up under the effect of fatigue or nervous tension. In this case, unlike cryotherapy, warm your neck to relieve the muscles at the base of your head. Many easy solutions are then available to you: cushion of cherry stones to heat in the microwave, hair dryer, traditional hot water bottle …
5 / Apply essential oil on your temples
If a seizure occurs in the middle of the day and you don’t have time to go to rest, use a tiger balm (mixture of camphor and menthol) or a roll-on with essential oils (with peppermint or lavender). Many organic shops and pharmacies sell it from six euros. Apply the product of your choice on the temples and back of the neck, massaging gently.
6 / massage yourself
Sometimes massaging your temples is not enough. Elbows resting on the table, jaws relaxed, mouth parted, put your index finger at the height of the jaw joints and make small circles going from the inside to the outside, up to the earlobe. You can also knead the skin of your neck with three fingers, accompanying the massage with a light movement of the head. Last option possible: start from the trapezoids around the neck and go up with both hands to the ears.
7 / Swallow your paracetamol with a cup of sweet coffee
In addition to your classic doliprane, drink coffee. Associated with paracetamol, caffeine, which contracts dilated vessels, frequent cause of headaches, accelerates its absorption and increases its effectiveness. Remember to sweeten your coffee, the sugar intake will also help to overcome a possible hypoglycemia, perhaps at the origin of your migraine.
8 / beware of screens
If you have a migraine at home, ditch the screens, which may be causing your headache. If you are in the office, close your eyelids very slowly every 15 minutes and then reopen them just as slowly. Repeat this gesture at least ten times during the day. Also remember to blink regularly. In addition, many filters and applications exist to protect your eyes from computers. Redshift or Desktop Lighter software, for example, adjusts the color temperature of your screen. Finally, for those who absolutely want to check their smartphone while falling asleep, although this is strongly discouraged by doctors, the Screen Filter application allows you to apply a darkening filter on the phone screens.
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