| Muscle strain in the shoulders and neck | | | | although more typically a severe |
| can also contribute to head pain. | | | | headache will follow, with increased |
| Sitting or working awkwardly hunched | | | | sensitivity to light so that sufferers |
| over a desk or computer keyboard can | | | | want simply to lie down in a dark room. |
| easily lead to headaches. Massage neck | | | | Migraines can be associated with gastric |
| and shoulders with a mixture of 5 drops | | | | disturbances or pins and needles in one |
| each of thyme, lavender, and juniper oil | | | | hand or arm. Foods can often trigger an |
| in 1 tablespoon of almond oil. | | | | attack or an attack can be associated |
| Take a 600 mg tablet of Siberian ginseng | | | | with stress or bright sunlight. |
| each day to improve stress tolerance and | | | | Flickering lights, as when driving past |
| thus reduce the risk of tension | | | | trees on a bright sunny day, can also |
| headaches and try yoga or t'ai chi | | | | trigger an attack. |
| classes to improve relaxation skills. | | | | Many sufferers find that chewing |
| Some sorts of headaches are best | | | | feverfew leaves can help prevent |
| relieved by a hot towel on the head in | | | | attacks. Try two to three leaves in a |
| these cases use a massage of 10 drops of | | | | daily sandwich or else use a strong |
| rosemary oil to 1 teaspoon of almond oil | | | | lavender oil rub (1 teaspoon of lavender |
| on the temples and forehead. | | | | oil with 2 teaspoons of almond oil ) |
| Migraine is typically preceded by visual | | | | massaged into the temples at the first |
| disturbances jagged lights to the edge | | | | hint of a migraine. Drink cups of |
| of the visual field or a sense that | | | | lavender and St. John's wort infusion (1 |
| there is a strange out of focus area in | | | | teaspoon of each to a cup of water) |
| what one sees. Occasionally the attack | | | | during attacks. |
| may simply comprise these visual upsets, | | | | |