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"Because chronic headache sufferers have low levels of serotonin in their tissues, some researchers refer to migraine and chronic headaches as a "low-serotonin syndrome." Evidence from several studies in both children and adults shows that 5-HTP may be effective in reducing both the severity and frequency of headaches, including tension headaches and migraines. (It may be most effective for treating headaches in people with a history of depression or those who experienced severe headaches before the age of twenty.) And fewer pain-relieving medications may be needed when taken with 5-HTP." - Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., C.N.S., The Most Effective Natural Cures on Earth: The Surprising, Unbiased Truth about What Treatments Work and Why (Get the book.)

"ADHD. chronic headaches. A popular theory about why gluten intolerance is so common is that wheat was not introduced into the human food supply until relatively late in the process of human evolution. People didn't eat wheat until after the advent of agriculture, about ten thousand years ago. This, however, was preceded by at least one million years in which people subsisted mostly on wild fruits, vegetables, and game meat." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.) "These problems include depression, insomnia, eating disorders, and chronic headaches. Unfortunately, some kids are overmedicated, and inappropriately medicated with antidepressants, but the blame for this lies with physicians, not the drugs themselves. When antidepressants and other drugs that affect mood and behavior were first introduced, there was a great deal of skepticism about them, much of which was deserved. Many of the first generation of mood disorder drugs had notable side effects, such as weight gain or lethargy." - Kenneth Bock, Healing the New Childhood Epidemics: Autism, ADHD, Asthma, and Allergies: The Groundbreaking Program for the 4-A Disorders (Get the book.)

"Other symptoms include six or more typical, reproducible tender points in the body; joint swelling; generalized stiffness or aches of at least three anatomical sites for at least three months; sleep disturbances; generalized fatigue; numbness or tingling; irritable bowel syndrome; chronic headaches; and neurological and psychological complaints. While the severity of symptoms fluctuates from person to person, fibromyalgia may resemble a post-viral state." - Tom Bohager, Everything You Need to Know About Enzymes to Treat Everything from Digestive Problems and Allergies to Migraines and Arthritis (Get the book.)

"The pain and stiffness is often greater in the morning than at other times of day, and it may be accompanied by chronic headaches, strange sensations in the skin, insomnia, irritable bowel syndrome, and temporomandibular joint syndrome (TMJ). Other symptoms often experienced by people with fibromyalgia include premenstrual syndrome, painful periods, anxiety, palpitations, memory impairment, irritable bladder, skin sensitivities, dry eyes and mouth, a need for frequent changes in eyeglass prescription, dizziness, and impaired coordination." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "Long-term overreliance on aspirin, acetaminophen, and other nonprescription painkillers can make chronic headaches worse by interfering with the brain's natural ability to fight headaches. If you are using nonprescription painkillers more than four times a week, talk to your health care provider about other ways to control the pain. Q If you experience a headache that does not subside, but instead progressively worsens over the course of a week, consult your physician. This can be a sign of an underlying organic problem such as a tumor." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "Stress can cause fatigue, chronic headaches, irritability, changes in appetite, memory loss, low self-esteem, withdrawal, teeth grinding, cold hands, Q Boswellia, an Ayurvedic herb, is good for reducing inflammation. Choose a product standardized to contain 150 milligrams of boswellic acids per dose. Boswellia cream can be good for relieving pain as well. Boswellin Cream from Nature's Herbs is a good product. Q Fenugreek and flaxseed powder can be combined with slippery elm bark to make a poultice for swelling. (See using a poultice in Part Three." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Natural Fast Relief from Headaches f you're one of the 45 to 50 million Americans who suffer from chronic headaches, let's start by relieving what may be your biggest "headache" of all: the never-get-better notion (still held by many doctors) that chronic headaches are psychological in origin. "The majority of doctors do not understand that chronic headaches are biological in origin," says Fred D. Sheftell, M.D., director and cofounder of the New England Center for Headache in Stamford, Connecticut." - Bill Gottlieb, Alternative Cures: The Most Effective Natural Home Remedies for 160 Health Problems (Get the book.)

"Internal uses included the treatment of dropsy, chronic headaches, and ear or eye complaints. Homeopathic Uses: The drug is used homeopathically for acute inflammation of the respiratory tract and skin. Indian Medicine: Uses include constipation and menstrual complaints and also as an abortifacient. Because of the danger of rapid intoxication, the drug's use is not advised. Efficacy for these indications has not been proved. precautions and adverse reactions The drug is severely irritating to mucous membranes and skin." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"Jones has been experiencing chronic headaches for weeks. She visits her doctor (a trained professional) for help in getting rid of her pounding pain. "Doctor, I've had a headache for a long time now. It's wearing me down!" "No, problem, Ms. Jones. We'll get you fixed up" he replies. Five minutes later, Ms. Jones walks out of the exam room with apiece of barely legible paper in hand. She drops by the pharmacy on the way home to fill her prescription for pain medication—the standard response. The pills relieve her headache pain, but a month later, Ms. Jones has to visit her doctor again. " - Dr. Edward F. Group III, DC, ND, DACBN, Health Begins in the Colon (Get the book.)

"HTP has also been shown to benefit depression, fibromyalgia, obesity, insomnia, and chronic headaches. It can reduce pain, improve fatigue, mitigate carbohydrate cravings, and enhance sleep quality and REM sleep, which explain the value of using this amino acid for the treatment of many clinical conditions. Optimum Dose Tryptophan requires a prescription for use, whereas 5-HTP is available over the counter as an extract from the African seed plant, Griffonia simplicifolia. Tryptophan: Tryptophan is used in doses of 500 mg to 12 g daily." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"He bemoaned the fact that so few physicians "know that chronic analgesic abuse causes chronic headaches."328 The diagnostic dilemma for doctors is that they must distinguish between headaches brought on by overuse of pain relievers, headaches caused by some other medical condition, and headaches caused by a change in brain chemistry. If the headache is a consequence of an underlying condition like the flu, it will go away when the infection runs it course." - Joe Graedon, M.S. and Teresa Graedon, Ph.D., Best Choices From the People's Pharmacy (Get the book.)

"In preliminary research, patients suffering from chronic headaches of various types (including migraine, cluster [page 117], or tension headaches [page 428]) have also experienced an improvement in symptoms following acupuncture treatment.67 In a trial comparing acupuncture to traditional drug therapy, a significantly greater cure rate was achieved in the acupuncture group relative to the drug treatment group (75% vs. 34%).68 Dry needling is a form of acupuncture that does not utilize traditional Chinese medicine diagnosis or traditional acupuncture points for treatment." - Alan R. Gaby, M.D., Jonathan V. Wright, M.D., Forrest Batz, Pharm.D. Rick Chester, RPh., N.D., DipLAc. George Constantine, R.Ph., Ph.D. Linnea D. Thompson, Pharm.D., N.D., The Natural Pharmacy: Complete A-Z Reference to Natural Treatments for Common Health Conditions (Get the book.)

"I used to treat children for chronic headaches a few times a year. Now I see four or five kids a week who have persistent headaches. I think the numbers are increasing because they're stressed by too much doing," says Dr. Gene, as he likes to be called. "A lot of parents don't allow their kids to just be kids. They want their children to experience as much as possible, and the world is moving too fast for them. They're on overload, running from here to there in a mad dash until the family members go to their respective screens at the end of the day." - Ray Dodd, BeliefWorks: The Art of Living Your Dreams (Get the book.)

"The symptoms produced are frequently those of chronic headaches and neck pain. Common symptom patterns can also be related to psychosomatic reflexes. This means that chronic non-organic back pain can involve the feeling of being held back. Fighting the urge to strike out can produce shoulder pain. Holding back something that really needs to be said can be displayed as jaw, neck or headache pain. Treating these symptoms usually produces only temporary relief because the source of the tension is rooted in the unseen realm and not the neuromuscular system." - Richard, Dr. DiCenso, Beyond Medicine, exploring a new way of thinking (Get the book.)

"In particular, his brother had suffered with chronic headaches for three years. I "looked" inside his brain and saw that two circuits were crossed over each other. I moved the crossed wires and put the flap back on his head. The next day, my friend informed me his brother's headache had stopped. It's been a month now and he still doesn't have any headaches. The father had an operation and the doctors couldn't stop the bleeding. My friend asked to intervene, with his father's permission. I did Matrix Energetics from the top of his head to the base of the spinal column." - Richard Bartlett, Matrix Energetics: The Science and Art of Transformation (Get the book.)

"In a few weeks he was free of joint symptoms and his chronic headaches had disappeared along with his chronic bronchitis. This led to treating his daughter's chronic back pain and pains in 500 friends and relatives with CM. Nearly all became symptom free and have remained so for 10 years. Persons who are going to respond to CM will start to improve in the first weeks and progress to complete recovery in 30 days. They generally do not need to take more CM. It appears that CM is 98% effective against both rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis." - James A. Howenstine, A Physician's Guide to Natural Health Products That Work (Get the book.)

"They have eliminated chronic headaches and migraines. Some have been brought back from the brink of death. Each of these recoveries can be traced to a series of simple acts. Someone—someone like you—learned how to make a few new recipes. Someone decided to try oatmeal or fruit for breakfast. Someone made sure always to have a few meals and snacks prepared in advance. Someone smiled and politely said, "No, thank you," at dinner, at the office, at the cocktail party. Simple acts, but courageous acts, too. A great many people are hesitant to even consider making such changes." - Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Cholesterol Protection for Life, New Expanded Edition (Get the book.)

"During the following twelve years, I developed such varied problems as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, arrhythmia, chronic constipation, chronic headaches and migraines, frightening nightmares, anemia, skin diseases, and a short scoliosis of the spine. Every four to five weeks, I suffered fainting spells during mass at church or while waiting in line at a bank or post office. These fainting spells became more and more severe and were accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea. I was sick in bed for three to four days following each of these episodes." - Andreas Moritz, The Liver and Gallbladder Miracle Cleanse: An All-Natural, At-Home Flush to Purify and Rejuvenate Your Body (Get the book.)

"All of her grandchildren experienced chronic headaches and vomiting. More of the children suddenly required glasses due to optic nerve damage, and they had more chronic ear and throat infections. Everything has accumulated and damaged their brains. For Edelmira, it feels like her head is going to split open every day. It was not this way before the accident. Everybody already took Advil or Aleve. They were taking them, running the risk of end-stage kidney disease, like vitamins, because of the constant headaches from the chemicals. Her kids said she was very different. " - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.) "People experienced chronic headaches, muscle aches, impotency, memory loss, and other signs of acute chemical exposure, as well as liver damage. Cynthia Watson, MD, on the Doctors' Prescription for Healthy Living medical board, helped to treat many of people hurt by the exposure, including one of the barge men who heroically stayed out on the water to try and hold back the toxic currents. She used medicinal herbs such as milk thistle and antioxidants like n-acetyl cysteine, and they helped, although, after all, none of the pharmaceutical drugs could prevent further liver damage." - David Steinman, Safe Trip to Eden: Ten Steps to Save Planet Earth from the Global Warming Meltdown (Get the book.)

"This chapter provides the effective prescription and natural remedies that can help you eliminate both mild and severe chronic headaches. Finding Relief from Tension Headaches Tension headaches account for about three-quarters of all headaches. They cause moderate pain on both sides of, and across, the forehead, tend to both start and fade away gradually, and are the result of muscle tightness coming from the sternocleidomastoid torn of the ear and come around the neck to the top of the collar bone (clavicle). They are the muscles that turn your head from side to side." - Jacob Teitelbaum, Pain Free 1-2-3: A Proven Program for Eliminating Chronic Pain Now (Get the book.) "In a randomized controlled study of 401 patients with chronic headaches (the majority having migraines), patients received up to twelve acupuncture treatments over a three-month period versus a control group that received standard care. The acupuncture patients had 22 fewer headache days per year, 15 percent fewer sick days, and 25 percent fewer visits to the doctor. Food allergies are also very important to consider. Approximately 30 to 50 percent of migraine patients get marked improve- are not aware of what foods are triggering their headaches." - Jacob Teitelbaum, Pain Free 1-2-3: A Proven Program for Eliminating Chronic Pain Now (Get the book.)

"If you suffer from chronic headaches, a detoxification program can be effective. Try a two- to three-day vegetable juice fast, unless low blood-sugar levels bring on your headaches. Constitutional hydrotherapy can aid detoxification. See pages 676-677 for directions. Super Seven Prescriptions—Headache Super Prescription #1 Homeopathic combination headache formula This contains the most common homeopathic remedies for headaches. Take as directed on the container for the treatment of all three types of acute headaches. For an individualized remedy, see the Homeopathy section further on." - James F. Balch, M.D. and Mark Stengler, N.D., Prescription for Natural Cures: A Self-Care Guide for Treating Health Problems with Natural Remedies Including Diet and Nutrition, Nutritional Supplements, Bodywork, and More (Get the book.)

"One of the best uses of 5-HTP is in treating chronic headaches in children. These headaches are a big problem because of the tremendous risk of side effects when using the drugs currently used to treat and prevent headaches in children. Fortunately, there have been several studies of 5-HTP in the treatment of chronic headaches in children and adolescents that have shown excellent results.43-4 Given the risks of current drugs used in chronic childhood headaches, a trial of 5-HTP for two months certainly seems reasonable." - Michael T. Murray, N.D., Joseph E. Pizzorno, N.D., Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine, Revised Second Edition (Get the book.)

"For red or watery eye inflammations, cataracts and films over the eyes (withjuice of Celandine and field Daisies by drops); the juice in the ear helps hearing, and rids ear noises; sniff by nose for chronic headaches; for coughs (with Horehound and Coltsfoot)." - Joseph E. Mario, Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health (Get the book.)

"During the following twelve years, I developed such varied problems as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, arrhythmia, chronic constipation, chronic headaches and migraines, frightening nightmares, anemia, skin diseases, and a short scoliosis of the spine. Every four to five weeks, I suffered fainting spells during mass at church or while waiting in line at a bank or post office. These fainting spells became more and more severe and were accompanied by vomiting and diarrhea. I was sick in bed for three to four days following each of these episodes." - Andreas Moritz, The Amazing Liver & Gallbladder Flush: A Powerful Do-It-Yourself Tool To Optimize your Health and Wellbeing (Get the book.)

"FOOD: Eat on Schedule Many people with chronic headaches believe that food sensitivities are the main cause of their problem. But food affects only one in three headache sufferers, says Dr. Robbins. In fact, he believes that to prevent a headache, when you eat is much more important than what you eat. "Low blood sugar is a common headache trigger," he says. "Eating at least three meals a day, every day, will help keep blood sugar levels balanced." Mind-Body Healing Makes Stress Less of a Headache While stress isn't the cause of chronic headaches, it can trigger episodes." - Bill Gottlieb, Alternative Cures: The Most Effective Natural Home Remedies for 160 Health Problems (Get the book.)

"The juice with Vinegar and Rose water inhalation for vertigo, fainting, chronic headaches, lethargy, cramps, sciatica, palsy, and epilepsy (pwd. herb). For coughs, short breath (juice in wine or an egg); soothes the kidneys, and upset stomach; and eases childbirth. •FENUGREEK Seeds (Trigonella foenum-graecum/meaning Greek Hay that spurs sick cattle and horses to eat), called Hu Lu Pa in China. A Pea legume alterative that grows 2-feet tall, with slender stalks, yellow or white flowers, and yellowish seeds." - Joseph E. Mario, Anti-Aging Manual: The Encyclopedia of Natural Health (Get the book.)

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