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