Flashback Friday: Ginger for Migraines
Channel: NutritionFacts.org
Date: 2019-04-26

An eighth teaspoon of powdered ginger was found to work as well as the migraine headache drug sumatriptan (Imitrex) without the side effects.

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For more on ginger root:
• Dr. Greger’s Natural Nausea Remedy Recipe (https://nutritionfacts.org/2013/05/28/dr-gregers-natural-nausea-remedy-recipe)
• Reducing Radiation Damage With Ginger & Lemon Balm (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/reducing-radiation-damage-with-ginger-and-lemon-balm)
• Which Spices Fight Inflammation? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/which-spices-fight-inflammation)
• Spicing Up DNA Protection (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/spicing-up-dna-protection)
• Ginger for Nausea, Menstrual Cramps, and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/ginger-nausea-menstrual-cramps-irritable-bowel-syndrome)
• Ginger for Osteoarthritis (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/ginger-for-osteoarthritis/)
• Benefits of Ginger for Menstrual Cramps (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/benefits-of-ginger-for-menstrual-cramps)
• Ground Ginger to Reduce Muscle Pain (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/ground-ginger-to-reduce-muscle-pain/)
• Is Ginger Beneficial in a Diabetic Diet? (https://nutritionfacts.org/video/is-ginger-beneficial-in-a-diabetic-diet/)

Avoiding aspartame (Aspartame & the Brain - https://nutritionfacts.org/video/aspartame-and-the-brain/) and using lavender may also help (Lavender for Migraine Headaches-https://nutritionfacts.org/video/lavender-for-migraine-headaches/). If you have cluster headaches, ask your physician about capsaicin (Hot Sauce in the Nose for Cluster Headaches?-https://nutritionfacts.org/video/hot-sauce-in-the-nose-for-cluster-headaches/).

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