Looking for a Natural Migraine Cure?

My girlfriend eats Ibuprofen like Pac Man eats little white dots. One thing i've learned from  her headaches is the need for a natural migraine cure. Some medications put her to sleep for hours, some make her sick, some don't do anything at all. There doesn't seem to be silver bullet for migraines or any real natural migraine cure so i've made a list of things that at least make a difference. 

1. Water. 

Dehydration is a major headache trigger. Coffee, smoking, alcohol, and plain old not drinking enough water can set a migraine off. Stay hydrated!

2. Chemicals. 

Avoid MSG, Aspartame, phenylketoneurics and many other chemicals found in just about every processed food product can cause reactions. Maybe your headaches are due to food allergies so take an inventory of manufactured chemicals that could be migraine culprits. 

3. Stretch. 

Regular yoga makes my girlfriend relaxed, happy, calm and lighthearted. This, in my opinion, is probably the most natural migraine cure that exists. If you don't want to do yoga you can at least stretch. Stretch your neck, your back, move your shoulders, your lower back, and generally loosen up all the way around. 

4. Pull your energy downward. 

Chinese medicine professes that too much chi in your head can cause headaches. Pull your energy downward by focusing on a spot a foot and half below your feet. With practice you will learn to move your body's energy around and direct it out of your head and down into your body. 

I'm a big fan of yogic hand gestures called mudras. The "large head" mudra will pull your energy downward automatically. Fold your ring finger into your palm and touch your thumb to your first and middle fingers. Do this with both hands for 15 or 20 minutes. That's the large head mudra.  

5. Hand massage. 

Massage the meaty part of your hand between your thumb and forefinger. There is a pressure point located there that is great for headaches and toothaches. 

6. Clean your sinuses. 

Drink lemon water, cayenne pepper, and ginger to clear out your sinuses and keep any pressure from building up in your neck and head. 

7. Apple cider vinegar. 

Organic apple cider has a cleansing affect on you internally. You know how you can clean a dishwasher or a coffee maker by running vinegar through it? Same principle applies here. Drink a mixture of a few tablespoons of apple cider vinegar, hot water, lemon juice and honey and you will be amazed at the energy and "clean" feeling you will get. 

8. Hot and cold. 

A hot bath coupled with ice packs on the throbbing parts of your head can shock your headache away. 

9. Focus on it. 

If pain is a signal and you avoid the message it may intensify to get your attention. go in to your headache and concentrate on it as much as you can. it will change, I promise. I know it's weird, but paying real attention to your pain will make it start changing shape and move around. check how you represent the headache to yourself and change its features. make it switch colors, density, shape, volume.  This is a big start to seeing that you may have some control over your body and what it does. 

10. Big life problem. 

My girlfriend swears that she "divorced her migraines" by ending a very unhealthy marriage. I don't know what that says about me if she still gets the occasional headache, but it's still not the same, she says. I've heard other people say that the major life issue that was the "pain in the neck" for them was, in retrospect, a main cause of stress and consequently their migraines. Do what you need to do to make your life the way you really want it and see if your internal struggle is manifesting as headaches. 

Some claim that the potassium in bananas is a natural migraine cure. Feverfew is also thought to be a natural migraine cure.