any home remedies for soothing a very sore head?

[SPKrazy]

headache actually

okay its a copycat


but my head really is hurting

tension headaches

doctor says

i can take stuff that will knock me on my butt

but any non-sedating ideas?

[RevolutionaryActs]

1. I was gonna say something.. but I changed my mind...

*whistles*

[Deja Q]

2. So amputation is out?

:hide:

[RevolutionaryActs]

5. ........

:spray:

[SPKrazy]

9. ..

:spank:

[Gormy Cuss]

3. Lie down. Place a warm facecloth on your forehead. Think of beautiful things.

Hope it helps.

[SPKrazy]

13. IBTL

good idea though

:hug:

thx

[Debi]

4. steamy water in a bowl (add lemon juice if you like the smell)

Put a towel over your head and the bowl and take slow deep breaths in through your nose and out through your mouth.
Dip the towel in the water and wring out.
Lie down and put the hot/lemony scented towel over your eyes.


On edit:

Arrgghh Lay/Lie I never get it write....err right...

[fizzgig]

6. slam your foot in the car door

that will take your mind off your head :P

seriously, i'm sorry you're not feeling well tonight :hug:

[SPKrazy]

10. thx

hope u are better

:hug:

[fizzgig]

12. i'm a bit better

but still not fantastic :hug:

[laylah]

7. !

edited to add I hope the headache goes away soon! They suck. In the meantime, I am partial and very concerned for my Kaghime.
Get better, you! :hug:
edited AGAIN to equivocate "you" as in SPK :hug:

[havocmom]

8. Look for a website on acupressure points

There is a point in the fleshy space between thumb and first finger that works for many types of headaches, facial pain, tooth pain for a lot of people.

Also, if you are holding tension in your neck and it causes headaches: put your forearm at the small of your back, lower that shoulder slowly and move it back a bit. SLOWLY lean your head toward opposite shoulder. Hold the stretch a bit (only as long as comfy first few times) Then, do other arm behind back and reverse the whole stretch.

Most helpful to relieve the tension we tend to hold in neck and shoulders.

Have used the pressure point in hands for years. Tension headaches, cluster headaches, migraines; it helps me with all of them.

Also, next time you are out near a store with scented oils, try a whiff of lavender or jasmine. Health food stores sometimes have dried lavender. I make small 'eye pillows' for friends who get a lot of headaches. Most say it helps. It is a scent which relaxes

Get better,

hm, who can't take the 'good stuff' pills for pain ;)

[SPKrazy]

11. as the day wears on

the sedating stuff is more and more the likely answer

:hi:

:hug:

[Darth_Kitten]

14. Run some hot water in the tub.......

and soak your feet in it whilst holding a cold cloth up to your head.

[SPKrazy]

15. how cold?

like ice?

[Darth_Kitten]

18. You could use ice.......

but don't freeze your skin, you want to get the blood circulating to the feet. ;)

[SPKrazy]

20. okay

no freezing :)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

16. My brother the occupational medicine guy says that most tension headaches

are the result of muscle contractions in the neck and shoulders. Have someone give you a neck and shoulder massage, seeking out knots of tension with their thumbs and kneading them until they disappear.

[SPKrazy]

19. awww dammit

I'm home alone...

I could go trolling for someone to massage me :P

[YellowRubberDuckie]

17. Excedrine Tension Headache

Excedrine RULES!
Duckie

[SPKrazy]

22. I've got some excedrine migraine

and I'm not going out

maybe I'll try that

taken earlier

3 ibuprofen 200
2 tyelenol
1 flexeril

and a partridge in a pear tree

but that was about 3 this afternoon

so it is time

only the excedrin will wake me up

but the flexeril will make me sleepy

so I'll be somewhere in between

:rofl:

:P

[The Straight Story]

21. My wife

Oh....you mean...oh well, take some aspirin. ;)

[SPKrazy]

23. hey

be nice :P

:spray:

[The Straight Story]

24. Have some rum mixed with beer

You will be out in no time and feeling well. I call it Beerum.

[SPKrazy]

25. lol

beerum

:rofl: