What to do if you get a headache from being caught in the rain?

The weather is always changeable, and getting caught in the rain is a very common phenomenon in life. Some people get headaches after getting caught in the rain, while some people do not take it seriously. As a result, headaches after getting caught in the rain cause various physical discomforts, which not only affects normal life but also normal work. In fact, a headache after getting caught in the rain is not necessarily a cold, it may also be a viral infection. So what should you do if you get a headache after getting caught in the rain?

Is it a cold if I have a headache after being caught in the rain?

A headache after being caught in the rain is not necessarily a cold.

After being caught in the rain, your whole body is soaked. In addition to the evaporation of water from your clothes, which will cause heat loss, the rain water on your head will also evaporate quickly, taking away a lot of heat. Excessive heat loss from the body will cause chills, and excessive heat loss from the head will cause headaches. Of course, this headache caused by cold is also a precursor to a cold. Why do I get a headache after getting caught in the rain?

After being caught in the rain, the hair on the head becomes wet, the heat evaporates too quickly, the temperature of the brain skin is low, the capillaries contract, the blood supply is insufficient, and a vascular neuralgia headache occurs. In addition, it is also possible that the body's immunity decreases after being caught in the rain, a viral infection occurs, and a viral cold causes a headache.

1. Ginger soup relieves headaches caused by rain

Use 15-20 grams of ginger to boil ginger tea and drink it while it is hot. It can dispel cold, induce sweating, relieve exterior symptoms and relieve pain. After being caught in the rain, the headache will be caused by the invasion of cold and dampness. Drinking ginger soup to make the body sweat slightly can eliminate the cold and dampness from the body and relieve the headache.

2. Moxibustion to dispel cold and treat headaches

Headaches caused by getting caught in the rain are mainly due to wind, cold and dampness invading the head. Using moxa sticks to moxibustion the Baihui and Fengchi points can use the warmth of the moxa fire to expel the cold and dampness in the body, which is very effective in treating headaches after getting caught in the rain.

3. Angelica dahurica tea

Use 10 grams of Angelica dahurica, 10 grams of tea leaves, and 10 grams of Schizonepeta tenuifolia, put them together in a cup, and brew with boiling water to drink instead of tea. Among them, Angelica dahurica has a good effect in dispelling cold and treating headaches, while Schizonepeta tenuifolia has a good effect in dispersing wind and cold. Drinking them together as tea can treat headaches after being caught in the rain.

4. Hot water bath

You should take a hot bath immediately after getting caught in the rain. Soaking your body in hot water for a while can speed up blood circulation throughout the body. Hot water can also dispel the cold. Blood circulation will be restored, the cold will be eliminated, and the headache will be relieved.

5. Su Chi Soup

12 grams of perilla leaves, 30 grams of green onions, 15 grams of light fermented black beans, and 50 grams of rice wine.

Put perilla leaves and light black beans into a pot, add water and boil for 15 minutes. Then add the scallion segments and continue to cook for 5 minutes. Finally, pour in the red wine, remove from the pot immediately and drink it while it is hot. If the body sweats slightly, the headache will stop immediately.

Headache massage points

Massage Yintang acupoint

1. Sit in a chair with a backrest, or lie on the bed.

2. Relax your nerves, then stretch out your hands, press your temples with your thumbs, then press your forehead with four fingers side by side, and push from the top of the eyebrows toward the forehead.

3. The intensity of the massage should be from light to medium, and then massage 30 times until the forehead becomes slightly red.

Massage your forehead

1. Relax, stretch out your hands, press your temples with your thumbs, then bend your index fingers, and make fists with the other three fingers.

2. Then use the outer side of the second knuckle of your bent index finger to massage your forehead, gradually massaging from the middle of the forehead to the temples.

3. Then return to the center of the forehead for the next massage.

4. While massaging the middle of your forehead, use your thumbs to massage your temples.