| Conventional medication treatments for | | | | Diet will come under a lot of scrutiny |
| migraine are often expensive, have nasty | | | | and every migraineur (migraine sufferer) |
| side effects and frequently are | | | | will have identified certain foods which |
| ineffective. This may mean you will have | | | | seem to bring on an attack. Explaining |
| to seek alternative remedies for your | | | | to your boss that you are a migraineur |
| migraine - very often these are more | | | | will also help as you will need more |
| effective in allowing you to resume your | | | | breaks. Time lost here will be nothing |
| normal daily activity. | | | | to the time you have to take off if you |
| No one knows for certain what causes | | | | actually get an attack. Look at your |
| migraine. The best treatment for | | | | posture and your seating arrangements at |
| migraine is to prevent it. The aim of a | | | | the computer as tightening neck muscles |
| preventive treatment for migraine is to | | | | and slouching can bring on an attack. |
| prevent or reduce the frequency of new | | | | The herb feverfew (Tanacetum parthenium) |
| migraine attacks from occurring. | | | | has been used for centuries as a folk |
| Headaches manifest themselves in a | | | | remedy for headache, migraine, |
| variety of ways depending on a person's | | | | arthritis, pain, and fever in Europe. |
| stress level, physiology, diet and even | | | | Natural remedies for migraine treatment |
| immune responses. | | | | generally can be grouped into two |
| The conventional treatment for migraine | | | | distinct areas of opportunity, these |
| is painkillers, the best known ones | | | | being manual therapies such as hypnosis, |
| which are Sumatripan or Imitrex. Drug | | | | meditation , acupuncture , shiatsu or |
| treatment for migraine is classified as | | | | herbal remedies using herbs with |
| abortive (aimed at relieving acute | | | | specific nutrients to treat migraine. |
| attacks) and prophylactic (aimed at | | | | Magnesium, a mineral found in soybeans, |
| preventing episodic migraine from | | | | whole grains, nuts, seeds, vegetables |
| becoming recurrent and preventing | | | | and fish, is one of the most promising |
| recurrences in patients with chronic | | | | nutrients in headache research. |
| migraine). Treatment for migraine | | | | American researchers suggest that a |
| differs greatly, it has been found, | | | | combination of magnesium taurate and |
| depending on whether the prescribing | | | | fish oil may help prevent migraine |
| physician is a general practitioner or a | | | | headaches, based on the ability of both |
| neurologist. | | | | to reduce blood vessel spasms. |
| Some palliative measures have been found | | | | Butterbur root extract and Vitamin B2 |
| to be helpful when sufferers are | | | | have also shown promising results. |
| undergoing an attack. A quiet dark | | | | Migraineurs are unhappy taking |
| room, sleep and ice on the forehead are | | | | conventional medications for a long |
| beneficial. Migraineurs (migraine | | | | period because of the side effects. Some |
| sufferers) seem to spend their lives | | | | seek a complete change and a herbal |
| looking for ways of prevention and very | | | | remedy could well be the solution. |
| often diet is carefully scrutinised. | | | | |