Each one of us complain of a headache at least once a week. The percentage of people having headaches is increasing with time. Life is becoming competitive due to which we don’t get time to relax and rest and need to be on our toes all the time.

Headache is a pain in the head or upper neck. It sees no age barriers it may happen to children, adults or old aged people. The hectic and busy life styles are one of the major causes of minor headaches.

The common causes of headaches are:

• Tension or stress
• Eye strain or poor sight
• Dehydration
• Migraine
• Sinusitis
• Exposure to cold temperatures
• Low blood sugar
• A hangover
• Nutritional deficiency

Headaches may also be due to due to meningitis, encephalitis, cerebral aneurysms and brain tumors.

Natural remedies to cure headaches:

• Take clove, cinnamon and almond in equal quantities (around 1 teaspoon each) and grind together with a little water to make a paste. Apply paste on the forehead.
• For stress related headache press on the right side top corner of the forehead on the hairline. Keep it lightly pressed for two minutes. It’s advisable not to press very hard.
• The juice of three or four slices of lemon should be squeezed in a cup of tea and taken by the patient for treating a headache due to a hangover.
• Mix a quarter teaspoon of clove powder in one teaspoon of cinnamon oil. Apply mixture to the location of pain.
• Mix 1 tablespoon of milk and half teaspoon of ginger powder and put one or two drops in each nostril twice a day.
• The best way to prevent headaches is to build up physical resistance through proper nutrition. It’s advisable to exercise regularly to stay fit and healthy.
• Eating a ripe apple with little salt in morning on an empty stomach continuously for a week will help you get rid of chronic headaches.
• Oil massage on the scalp also relieves tension and headache. Sesame oil, almond oil, mustard oil can be used for massage.

You can feel much better by making lifestyle changes and learning ways to relax instead of being dependent on pain killers. Repeated usage of pain killers is not recommended. If you witness regular headaches it may be a symptom of other medical conditions. In such a case you should consult your doctor.

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Acne is a skin disorder resulting from the actions of hormones on the skins sabaceous glands which leads to plugged pores (blackheads and whiteheads)and outbreak of cysts or nodules commonly called pimples. It affects most of the teenagers. It is the most common and chronic skin disease.
Remedies
• Make sure that you are washing your face two or three times each day, with clean water and a pure soap, such as Ivory.

• Oatmeal can be used as soothing scrub. Washing your face with warm salt water helps in getting rid of dirt and oil.

• Try applying essential oils directly to the acne. Oils to try are Tea Tree Oil, Bergamot Oil, Clove Oil, Lavender Oil, and Rosewood Oil. If you have sensitive skin, you may need to dilute the oil with Grapeseed oil to avoid irritation. Apply the oil before going to bed, and then wash it away, using pure soap and clean water, in the morning. Give it about a month to see if it is working. This is one of the least expensive acne solutions that have proven to be effective for many people.

• Toothpaste also is effective. It should be applied at night and washed in the morning. This makes pimples less noticeable.

• Applying ground nutmeg blend with milk opens the pores thereby cleaning the dirt.

• Saturate lettuce leaves in water, use this water to rinse acne.

• Honey and cinnamon paste also get rids of acne as honey traps the dirt and paste washes it off. Ground radish seeds with water eliminate the stubborn blackheads.

• Applying garlic juice on the pimple will leave no blemish on your face. Orange peel paste also gives identical results.

• Lime juice, mint juice eliminates pimples, skin infections and eczema.

• Drink a glass of wheat grass juice daily to avoid acne.

• Cook 2-3 tea bags and mix with dried basil for 10-20 minutes. Apply this on the face and acne with a cotton ball.

• Make a paste of turmeric powder in mint juice ,keep it for 30 minutes and then wash it with lukewarm water.

Home remedies list is endless and inexpensive, but pursuing it with patience is awarded as the paradise for cure. However the solutions may vary from one individual to another. Kindly consult your general physician before following any of the remedies.