What are some tips for treating colds and headaches?

It is quite common to have a headache when you have a cold. When you have a headache, you must pay attention to good conditioning. In addition to medication, you should pay attention to keeping the indoor air fresh, which will help relieve headaches. You can also apply a hot towel to your eyes, which also has a certain effect. You can also massage. These are all good ways to relieve cold headaches.

What are some tips for treating colds and headaches?

1. Pinch the Zhiyin point (0.1 inch beside the corner of the nail on the outside of the little toe) 5 to 10 times;

2. Pinch the temples on both sides and knead the Sizhukong acupoint (in the depression at the end of the eyebrow) 18 times each;

3. Pinch the Fengchi point (on both sides of the big tendon behind the forehead and parallel to the earlobe), Fengfu point (1 inch above the middle of the back hairline, in the depression directly below the external occipital protuberance), and Dazhui point (in the depression below the spinous process of the seventh cervical vertebra), and pull and lift until red and purple marks appear, and rub for 18 times;

4. Rub the top of your head with your ten fingers like combing your hair and tap it like a bird pecking your hair 36 times each.

Cold and headache treatment

1. Hot towel eye compress

When symptoms of a cold and headache occur, you can take a clean towel and place it in a basin; soak it in hot water, wring out half of the water, then fold it flat and press it on the patient's eyes; or press it on the patient's nose or Fengchi acupoint on the head and neck, all of which can relieve symptoms.

2. Ointment treatment

If the hot towel is ineffective, you can try musk pain-relieving ointment or musk wind-chasing ointment (you can also use injury and dampness pain-relieving ointment) for external application to treat various colds. Take two pieces of 5×5 cm musk ointment, add a little powder from the quick-acting cold capsule, sprinkle it evenly on the plaster, stick it on the Yongquan acupoints on the soles of both feet, change it once a day, massage for 2 to 3 minutes, and the cold can be relieved and cured in just 3 days.

3. The simplest massage method is to use massage, mainly from the head five elements joint operation method, divided into five lines in the middle; then press the Baihui, Taiyang, Fengchi, Fengfu, Rou and other acupoints from front to back, press each about 100 times, and push the back from top to bottom. Just press it and the effect will come immediately.

4. Foot bath

Because most of the causes of headaches are related to the environment and lifestyle habits. Therefore, patients need to "plan ahead" and pay attention to the details of life. This is the fundamental way to prevent headaches; soaking your feet in warm water is very effective in relieving headaches. At the same time, exercise should be a natural way to enhance your own immunity and resist headaches; the healthier and stronger your body is, the less likely you are to become ill and suffer pain due to external factors.