| Most Americans suffering from migraine | | | | remedies used to treat a migraine headache. |
| headache attacks have been praying for a cure | | | | It's not such a bad idea to book an |
| for years. Sometimes it begins to take hold | | | | appointment on your lunch hour to run out and |
| as an inexplicable drowsiness, fever and | | | | have a calming, rejuvenating massage that |
| slight temple tension. Before the afflicted | | | | will help ease your headache and get you |
| realizes, they're in bed with nausea and | | | | through the rest of the day. Rather than a |
| numbness, unable to do anything other than | | | | clinic, look for a well-respected spa |
| pop a few pain relievers and wait for the | | | | environment that offers Chinese massages for |
| incapacitating pain to subside. | | | | the best results. |
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| Recent research suggests that most people who | | | | Upon entering the spa, you'll realize that |
| get migraines more than once a week, for | | | | it's more of a spiritual experience than a |
| weeks at a time and are taking over the | | | | medical procedure. Calming instrumental music |
| counter medicines actually increase the risk | | | | plays, incense and essential oils fill your |
| of the headache's imminent return. Instead, | | | | nostrils and you're invited to put on a robe |
| cold washcloths, exercise, herbal supplements | | | | and sandals, and enjoy a cup of tea before |
| and more natural remedies may be the cure. | | | | you begin. Lying on the table, you will feel |
| | | | all of your cares and head tension melt away |
| Traditional Chinese medicine has been around | | | | and you'll leave floating on a cloud, glad |
| for nearly 5,000 years, offering natural | | | | you made the trip, rather than popping one or |
| remedies for migraine sufferers. Things like | | | | more pain relievers. |
| Chinese acupuncture, Chinese massage and | | | | |
| herbal supplements can be much more enjoyable | | | | The aisles are littered with over the counter |
| than popping an Excedrin or simply waiting it | | | | medicines and pain relievers offering |
| out. It's often hard to pinpoint exactly what | | | | superficial migraine headache relief. |
| causes a migraine because it varies from | | | | However, you shouldn't be a slave to these |
| individual to individual. | | | | high-priced chemicals. |
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| The basic idea, many Chinese doctors say, is | | | | Doctors from the school of Chinese medicine |
| that your body's telling you something is | | | | indicate that your head pain comes from an |
| blocking your natural homeostasis. Ideally, | | | | imbalance between your body and your external |
| rectifying this requires a combination of | | | | environment. If you've struggled with many |
| procedures, environmental shifts and a little | | | | different treatments over the years, |
| bit of philosophical meandering. | | | | alternative therapies like Chinese |
| | | | acupuncture or herbal supplements are |
| Chinese Massage is one of the natural | | | | recommended. You just might be surprised! |