Natural Headache Remedies

Everyone has experienced headaches in their life. We all know that sometimes the pain is unbearable and no drugs help for its relief. Here is a list of some natural herbal remedies that may be useful for treatment of headaches.
The most commonly used herb is feverfew. A tea of two to eight leaves will be enough for effective tea. Pregnant and breastfeeding women should not use feverfew.

Headache caused by stress can be effectively treated with a tea of the following herbs: wintergreen, willow bark and meadowsweet. The herbs should be dried. A teaspoon of this herbal combination is poured with boiling water and steeped for about 10 minutes.

You can try to bind wilted beet leaves on your forehead to relieve headache.

A flour sack tied around your head will also help for pain relief.

Make a bandage of turpentine and beef tallow and tie it around your head.

Dilute half teaspoon of ginger powder in water and apply to your forehead. You may feel burning but it is not dangerous.

Temporal headaches can be treated with ginger paste applied to the forehead and sinuses. Occipital headaches are sooth with tea made of cumin and coriander seeds, combined with the application of sandalwood paste to the temples. Sinus headaches are often an indication of toxins in the colon. Such headaches can be treated with a teaspoon of flax seed at bedtime taken with a glass of warm milk.