How to treat migraines? Common Treatments for Migraines

Migraine is a common primary headache. Migraine usually occurs on one side of the head and may be accompanied by symptoms such as nausea and vomiting. As for how to treat migraines, you must pay attention to dietary taboos. Middle and young people are at a high risk of migraine. When you have a migraine, you can get relief by massaging your head.

1. Physical therapy

1. Massage your head:

Massaging the head with moderate force is an effective way to relieve headaches. The temple is an important acupuncture point for headache massage. You can press it with your index finger, or use your fist to gently rotate back and forth from the temple to the hairline.

2. Ice pack cold compress:

Place ice cubes in an ice bag or wrap them in a towel and apply to the painful area.

3. Silk and bitter melon vine:

Fry the loofah vines and bitter melon vines until they are dry and grind them into powder. Take 10 to 12 grams each time with boiled water.

4. White radish juice nose drops:

Mash a fresh white radish, squeeze out the juice, and drip it into the nose. You can also dissolve 1.5 grams of borneol in the drops and use it again. After dripping, the juice should be kept from leaking out within 20 minutes. Do this twice a day.

5. Apply onion and ginger paste to the painful area:

3 fresh onions, half a cup of ginger peel, and 1 cup of wine dregs, mash them together and apply to the painful area.

6. Soak your hands in hot water:

Get a basin of clean hot water and soak your hands in it. The amount of water should be enough to soak your wrists, and add hot water continuously to maintain the water temperature. After soaking for half an hour, the pain can be relieved or even disappear completely.

2. Acupuncture

1. Body acupuncture therapy: Liver Yang hyperactivity type: Main acupoints: Taichong, Taiyang, Fengchi, Ganshu and other acupoints. Associated acupoints: Tongziliao, Zulinqi, Waiguan, Juegu, Taixi. Phlegm-dampness blocking the middle part of the body type: Main acupoints: Touwei, Yintang, Fengchi, Neiguan. Acupoints: Fenglong, Zusanli, Zhongwan, Pishu. Blood stasis type: Main acupoints: pain points on the head, Taiyang, Fengchi, Hegu, Jiaosun. Acupoints: Dazhui, Xuehai, Geshu.

2. Auricular acupuncture therapy: Acupoints: forehead, occipital, subcortical, and Shenmen. Method: Select 2 to 3 pairs of acupoints each time, once a day or every other day

3. General treatment

In general, the first step in treatment is to avoid factors that trigger migraine attacks, such as chocolate, cheese, citrus fruits, alcohol, emotional stress, fatigue, sun exposure, head trauma, etc. Avoid direct stimulation of the head from excessive sunlight and cold wind. Avoid excessive sleep on weekends; avoid excessive physical and mental exertion. When a migraine attack occurs, ergotamine preparations can be used to treat it, causing the extracranial arteries to constrict. But it must be taken as soon as the aura appears or the headache just occurs. Take ergotamine caffeine orally and take again after half an hour if it is ineffective. Inject ergonovine intramuscularly and repeat after 1 hour if ineffective. Inject anisodine intramuscularly or slowly intravenously. 0.5% Novocaine is subcutaneously applied to seal the area around the dilated temporal artery, etc.