5 Natural Ways To Help You Get Rid Of Headaches

Headaches are a common condition that many people deal with on a daily basis. Ranging from uncomfortable to downright unbearable, they can disrupt your day-to-day life.

According to Healthline, here are five natural tips that can help you deal with headaches at home:

1. Drink Enough Water Throughout The Day

Inadequate hydration may lead you to develop a headache.

In fact, studies have demonstrated that dehydration is a common cause of headaches.

What’s more, being dehydrated can impair concentration and cause irritability, making your symptoms seem even worse.

Thankfully, research suggests that drinking more water may help reduce headache occurrence, duration, and severity in some people.

To help avoid dehydration headaches, focus on drinking enough water throughout the day and eating water-rich foods like fruits and vegetables.

2. Get Adequate Sleep

Sleep deprivation can be detrimental to your health in many ways and may even cause headaches in some people.

In fact, research shows that poor sleep quality and insomnia are associated with increased headache frequency and severity.

However, getting too much sleep has also been shown to trigger headaches. Therefore, getting the right amount of rest is important for those looking for natural headache prevention. 

For maximum benefits, aim for the “sweet spot” of 7–9 hours of sleep per night.

3. Avoid foods high in histamine

Histamine is a chemical found naturally in the body that plays a role in the immune, digestive, and nervous systems.

It’s also found in certain foods, such as aged cheeses, fermented foods, beer, wine, smoked fish, and cured meats.

Cutting histamine-rich foods from the diet may help reduce symptoms such as headaches in people who are sensitive to histamine.

4. Soothe pain with a cold compress

Using a cold compress may help reduce your headache symptoms.

Applying cold or frozen compresses to your neck or head area decreases inflammation, slows nerve conduction, and constricts blood vessels, all of which could help reduce headache pain.

5. Take Some Ginger

Ginger root contains many beneficial compounds, including antioxidants and anti-inflammatory substances (57Trusted Source).

A 2021 review that included three randomized control trials found that treatment with ginger supplements helped reduce pain in people with migraine.

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