Make your own chicken or vegetable stock. Reduce them until they are fairly thick and freeze them in ice cubes. When I want to make soup, rice, vegetables, whatever - just pop in the cubes of broth. One cube microwaved every morning is a fast way of preparing a bird's food for the day. For a larger bird, two or three cubes could be used.
Fish oil helps prevent headaches.
So does ginger, which reduces inflammation and pain. Use honey as a tranquilizer and sedative. Eating onions helps ease constriction of bronchial tubes. Salmon, tuna, mackerel and sardines actually prevent arthritis. Bananas will settle an upset stomach.