Migraines & Headaches Bring Nausea & Vomiting

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I have migraines for more than 30 years, about 1-3 times a month. Before I used to take Ibuprofen to stop them, but after having mini stroke due to it at 36 years old (though I was taking it for shoulder injury for a week straight), I decided this is a very dangerous way to go.

The weird thing with a migraine is that sometimes the same thing helps and the other time might not work at all. That's why I like to have many remedies lined up. I had used essential oils externally before for the migraines - Peppermint an Lavender, but it has never done anything for me only made my nausea worse because of the strong smell.

Then I heard from a known herbalist, that 3 drops of Lavender internally can help. So during one migraine I decided to try. I applied 3 drops to my finger, and applied them under the tongue and on the gums. Then I applied inside the nose, 1 drop on each side. 5 minutes or even less later, the migraine was gone. I had to repeat once or twice that day, but then it was gone.

Next time I had a migraine, I tried it again, but this time I put it into the capsule. It didn't work at all, not even reduction. I was thinking why, and realized first time I kept it in the mouth for a while, which, I assume made it go straight up into the brain in larger amount than it does if I just swallow it.

Then I had lots of stress, and got a headache, but not a migraine. When I have a migraine, it is on one side on top of the head, and I have nausea (and vomiting, if I don't stop it), and I can't stand using a cold pack on my head.

This time it was in the back of my whole head, no nausea, and I just wanted to keep ice on my head. That gave me idea to put undiluted Peppermint to do the cooling on the head where it hurts so I don't have to hold the ice pack. I did, and the headache went away!

Next time when I was fasting, I got a similar headache, but Peppermint didn't work. I even put Peppermint inside the mouth (which was too intense, so I had to drink tea to flush it down).

Then I read on this website about the Thieves oil blend helping, so I tried. I put a few drops undiluted into my mouth, which was intense too, but I closed my mouth and let saliva dilute it. I didn't swallow saliva, just held whole thing. Headache went away in a few minutes, so I decided to swallow it.

After I did so, headache came back very soon. So I repeated it. Funny thing was that as long as I held it, headache was gone, but once I either spit out (when the phone call came) or swallowed, it would come right back. So when too much saliva would come in to hold comfortably, I would spit only some out, and continued holding. Eventually it was time to sleep, but I still had this situation.

Finally after 5th or 6th time (and 2-3 hours), headache didn't come back anymore and I could sleep.

So the point of me writting this post is to say, that the way we take essential oils is very important, especially for head related issues. When we swallow the oils, they have to go through the digestive tract and the liver, and too little will get to the head to make a difference. But holding them in the mouth will allow them to enter into the bloodstream immediately, and into the brain in large enough amounts to stop the headache.