These recipes can help you easily relieve the headache of washing your hair

Headache is a very common condition in daily life. Many people find that they get a headache after washing their hair, which makes people feel very uncomfortable, so it is particularly important to find scientific and effective relief methods. Xanthium sibiricum and Chuanxiong tea, Schizonepeta porridge, Chinese medicine steaming and fumigation, and Evodia rutaecarpa vinegar are very effective ancient recipes for treating headaches. Friends who have headache symptoms can try them. I believe they will have good results.

1. Introduction to headache

Headache is one of the most common clinical symptoms, and almost everyone experiences headaches to varying degrees in their lifetime. Headache has many causes and complex mechanisms, involving multiple disciplines such as neurology, psychiatry, and ENT. The severity of the disease varies and the manifestations are different. Some are just general manifestations of common diseases, such as headaches caused by colds, while others are manifestations of serious diseases, such as warning symptoms of fatal diseases such as cerebral hemorrhage and brain tumors. Therefore, headaches cannot be ignored, but it is not easy to achieve correct clinical diagnosis and treatment.

2. Ancient prescriptions for treating headaches

1. Xanthium sibiricum and Chuanxiong tea

composition

10 grams each of Xanthium sibiricum and Ligusticum chuanxiong.

Preparation method

Brew with boiling water and drink as tea.

usage

3 times a day.

Indications

Used for headache caused by wind and cold.

2. Nepeta porridge

composition

10 grams of Schizonepeta, 5 grams of mint, 15 grams of light fermented black beans, and 50 grams of polished rice.

Preparation method

Boil the first three ingredients in water to extract the juice for later use (Schizonepeta and mint contain volatile oils and should not be boiled for a long time); cook the polished rice into a thin porridge, add the juice when it is cooked, and cook together into a thin porridge for consumption.

usage

Twice a day for 3 consecutive days.

Indications

It is suitable for fever, chills, headache, sore throat, irritability, insomnia, etc. caused by colds.

3. Steaming and fumigation of traditional Chinese medicine

composition

15 grams each of Chuanxiong and Angelica dahurica, 30 grams of late silkworm sand, and 20 to 30 silkworms (for those over 20 years old, add 1 more for each year of age).

Preparation method

Put the above medicines into a clay pot, add 5 bowls of water, boil it until 3 bowls of water remain, seal the mouth of the clay pot with kraft paper (or thick paper), and depending on the size of the painful area, make a hole in the center of the covering paper, and let the patient align the painful area with the hole in the paper; for those with a full headache, align the head with the mouth of the clay pot (close the eyes tightly or wrap it with a towel), cover the head with a large square towel, and fumigate with hot medicine vapor.

usage

Take 1 dose per day, 2 times per dose, steaming for 10 to 15 minutes each time. Generally, 2 to 3 strips are steamed, and up to 10 times. If the disease relapses, it can be used again until it is cured.

Indications

It can be used for any headache, regardless of internal or external injury, and whether the condition is short or long. It is contraindicated for headaches caused by organic diseases such as tumors and trauma.

4. Evodia Vinegar

composition

50 grams of Evodia rutaecarpa and 100 milliliters of vinegar.

Preparation method

Boil Evodia rutaecarpa in water, extract the juice, put it into a basin, add 100 ml of vinegar, and soak your feet.

usage

20 minutes each time, twice a day.

Indications

It is mainly used to treat liver yang headache, with symptoms including headache, dizziness, irritability, and restless sleep.