Do you put oil on your head during headache?

When i get a head massage, aromatherapy oil is used and it feels good and relaxing. It is also an effective way to free myself from the headache. But usually when I have a headache, I use a balm i call "krane". I bought it from a chinese medicine store. I think it has a menthol to it that leaves the head feel cold. It is also effective for curing my headache. A friend of mine just shared to me a tip that he had read in one of his mails in yahoo. He said that when a headache or migraine occurs, it is best to drink Gatorade. According to what he has read, drinking Gatorade during a headache brings relief fast. I might try that one too.

no, i believe its quackery. it kinda reminds me of people who rub WD-40 on their knees because they feel their not lubricated enough.

If my headache, I do not use oil. I prefer to drink migraine headaches, then I sleep. After the wake, my headache would be reduced.

HI Jack, We meet again! I have oily hair and have never liked that oily and sticky feeling on my hair. So I never put hair oil. On that, to worsen the matters, I am now planning to keep long hair. So I am not sure about that oil thing. But for headaches, like you, I too prefer to use Balms and even a pain reliever. But I know that taking the pills is not that nice. So on most of the occasions, it is only the Balm - I use an ayurvedic one by the name Sensor. I have been using this since ages. Cheers and lets try to keep the aches away, theSids

yes, I do after taking my pill for migraine, I usually rub oil on my temple and massage it for several times. Doing this makes me feel better and get rid of the pain fast!

I don't use regular oil, I prefer liniment oil that has menthol, it helps relieve pains and aches, except heartaches :)but it is really good when I use it on my forehead or temple to ease headache.

I read a few responses and it seems that lots of people knew exactly what you meant about using oil. When I read your discussion my first thought was...oil, how does that work, never heard that one before... so I must say I was quite surprised to read that so many people use oil on their temples...hmmm...never knew this before. I used to get a lot of headaches when I was younger, actually till about 5 years ago. I always related my headaches to stress and neck pain. After years and years of thinking that I figured it out. I started drinking water about 5 years ago. I hated drinking water...it had no taste...but I wanted to lose weight so my daughter told me to drink a lot of water. She we around me everday, we worked together, so she encouraged me to drink water. I lost weight and one day I realized I don't get headaches anymore. I mentioned this to my doctor and she said I was getting headaches all those years because I was dehydrated. So when I was taking pain killers I was drinking them with water and it was mostly the water that was taking my headache away. Now I make sure I drink at least 6 glasses of water a day...still don't like the taste of water...and I don't ever get a headache anymore. And the very odd time I do I just down a big glass or two of water and my headache goes away almost instantly. Cheers my friend and happy mylotting, Chris

I have never used oil for a headache. I like to use regular pain reliever but I do know the pills can upset your stomach and taking too much is not good for kidneys so if I found an oil that would work, I'd probably use it.

No. I don't put oil on my head. I usually go lay down in a quiet space and try not to think of anything. Being still has proven to be the best way for me to relieve headaches.

Yes sometimes I put cold oil on my head while I feel headache but mostly I put balm in headache. Because when I put balm then I feel very relax and sometimes when oils and balms doesn’t works then I like to take pain killer. I know it’s bad if I take it for every time but I don’t want to feel headache so sometimes I also take medicine.

Hmm this is a new thing for me. I have never heard of anyone putting an oil on their head when they have headache. For me, whenever I have headache, I just try to calm down, close my eyes, then rest. I tried to not take too much medicine like pain killer and all because it is not good for health. I'd rather have a warm bath then have a sleep after that. It usually helps me well after a few hours. Have a nice day

no. no . just don't do it pls. i don't think its a good way for headache. we just listen to what the doctore let us to do . then we will be ok .so just don't do it in so crazy way. it maybe worse for headache. so this is what we should do for life. be carefull for what you are thinking . good health.

I never use the oil. Always take some pills.