Essential Oils for Headaches & Migraines
Top 7 Tips & Tricks. Here’s some favorite ways to combat those achy days!
1. Peppermint: Peppermint essential oil is a common first reach for a headache. When applied at the first sign of pain, it typically works great. Peppermint is best rubbed neat (no carrier oil added) on the forehead, temples and often most effectively, the back of neck, base of the head, and shoulders. (buy peppermint here)
2. Lavender: Some people prefer lavender essential oil used in the same way that you would use peppermint for headaches. This is most popular for allergy-triggered headaches. (buy lavender here)
3. Muscle Ease: This blend of essential oils includes Lavender, peppermint, sweet birch, wintergreen, and clove. It’s an amazing combination for reducing swelling and easing pain, so it works great for headaches, too. (buy muscle ease here)
4. Migraine B Gone: My all-time favorite for migraines is the Migraine B Gone essential oil blend. I absolutely love this blend. It comes in a straight oil for making your own dilution or neat application, and a ready to use skin rub that is diluted with carrier oils infused with 9 healing herbs. For migraines I can rub this stuff on neat on temples, forehead, back of neck and around eyes (not too close!) to stop the migraine dead before it starts. It is absolutely amazing if I get to it in time. The essential oil ingredients of this wonder blend are basil, peppermint and menthol. The nine healing herbs in the skin rub are arnica, comfrey, chamomile, chickweed, calendula, jewelweed, mullein, plantain, red clover. (massage oils are here) (Migraine essential oil is here)
5. Conquer: This is an awesome blend of anti-inflammatory pain kicking essential oils. Frankincense, Balsam Fir, Copaiba and Marjoram essential oils make a blend that smells good (not like medicine or overpowering) and kicks pain away quickly. This too is available ina skin rub blend with those super blessed 9 healing herbs. (massage oils are here) (Conquer essential oils are here)
6. Total Conquer: This is Conquer blend plus the migraine kicking basil from Migraine B Gone and a bit of Valerian, the herb that valium originated from. If this doesn’t totally conquer what ails you, you should go to bed (the valerian could make you sleepy). (massage oils are here) (Conquer essential oils are here)
7. Excalibur: “conquer’s sword” the ultimate in pain relief with a dose of mobility and flexibility restoration added in. This is Conquer’s 4 ingredients plus Lavender, Helichrysum, Geranium, and Cypress. It’s a huge favorite for ultimate relief. Add in those blessed 9 healing herbs and you’ve got bliss in a bottle! (massage oils are here) (Conquer essential oils are here)
Aromatherapy and essential oils have been recognized for centuries as medicines for treating ailments of various kinds including reducing headache pain. Tinctures and ointments were recognized by the British Pharmacopoeia for more than 200 years and used by physicians until the 1940s, when due to the war efforts, herbs and aroma preparations fell out of favor and were replaced by chemical drugs.
Another way to reduce muscle tension and migraines and headache symptoms is to apply a cold compress on the back of the neck at the base of the head, and the area of muscle pain. Of course, always wrap that cold pack in a thin towel.
Another migraine trick is a hot bath including mineral rich salts. (click HERE) Mineral rich spa salts allow the mineral (including magnesium) to soak into the skin, a lack of proper minerals in the muscles can be a trigger for migraines.
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