Tension and Chronic Headaches

Tension Headaches

What you need to know:

This condition responds well to practically every form of natural and complementary therapy.

The most useful herbs

Tension headaches are often the result of poor posture, especially at work, but stress and anxiety can also be triggers.

Other useful advice:

Those with this condition may need extra vitamin B6 and magnesium.

Chronic Headaches

What you need to know:

This condition, usually called chronic daily headache, is nearly always the result of taking conventional analgesics. The first step is to stop taking the pain-killers, which will result in even more severe headaches for the first few days. The following herbs will help to break the vicious circle of headache, tablets, more headache:

The most useful herbs

Other useful advice:

As chronic headaches invariably lead to stress and muscle spasm in the neck and shoulders, these therapies will all be useful: Vitamin B12 and Iron are useful supplements which help maintain the integrity of the nervous system.
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