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What are the main folk remedies for treating headaches?

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Asked on:Apr 16, 2026 05:35 AM

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  • Elle Elle

    Apr 16, 2026

      Migraine is a very common disease in life, which always tortures everyone. Today, the editor will teach you some small remedies to easily solve the headache trouble.

      rub temples

      Every morning after waking up in the morning and before going to bed at night, press the temples with the middle fingers of both hands and rub them in circles. First rub them 7 to 8 times smoothly, and then rub them backwards 7 to 8 times. Repeat this several times for several days, and the migraine can be greatly reduced.

      Comb and massage the pain points

      Place the ten fingertips of both hands on the most painful part of the head, and perform gentle quick AM like combing your hair, 100 times each time, once each morning, lunch, and dinner, to achieve the purpose of pain relief.

      Chinese medicine for nasal congestion

      Take 15 grams each of Chuanxiong, Angelica dahurica, and Polygala rhizome, roast them, add 7 grams of borneol, grind them into fine powder, and bottle them for later use. When treating migraine, you can pack a little medicated powder in silk cloth and stuff it into the right nose. Generally, pain relief will occur in about 15 minutes after stuffing the nose.

      Soak hands in hot water

      When a migraine attacks, you can immerse your hands in a pot of hot water (the water temperature should be the limit that your hands can tolerate after entering the water). If you insist on soaking for about half an hour, the blood vessels in your hands will expand and the blood in your brain will decrease accordingly, thus gradually alleviating the migraine.

      Drink mint tea

      Take 15 grams of dried mint leaves and put it into a tea cup, brew it with freshly boiled water for 5 minutes and take it once in the morning and evening. It also has a certain effect on the treatment of migraines.

      Eat foods containing magnesium

      People with migraines should often eat foods rich in magnesium, such as walnuts, peanuts, soybeans, kelp, oranges, almonds, grains and various green leafy vegetables. These magnesium-containing foods can relieve migraine symptoms.