Ok.... a follow up on the article that Moonie linked to a while back claiming to be an "instant cure" for a headache... ( please note Moonie's innocence in all of this, he only was spreading rumors...
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Upon going to bed about 4 hours ago, I had noticed the signs of the start of a tension headache... so I'd taken 3 ibuprofen in an effort to limit or stop it from going much further. When I woke a little bit ago... I found myself with a light to moderate headache despite taking the IB... so a Moonie rumor to the rescue ... maybe...
The short article basically stated taking two teaspoons of salt ( recommending sea salt or other natural type ) with the
juice of one squeezed lemon ( 2-3 tablespoons of
juice, I used 3 ) then dissolving it all together in a glass of water... I used about a 4 oz glass of cold tap water, should instantly cure a headache.
Upon drinking the salty brine ( shudder, yuck pooo ) I did notice a moment or so later a slight decrease in the intensity of the headache... probably just down to the light stage at the best, maybe slightly higher than that, but not a lot. So it did seem to help a little but it wasn't a complete or an instant cure. I'll add that with a headache... any decrease in intensity is always a good thing.
I've noticed that I have multiple things that appear to cause my own headaches some of which I haven't identified. So the method that seems to help also vary considerably. The above "cure" covers two areas that I can see that may help... a lack of water is certainly one of those, and I could see how a low level of electrolytics (
salts and acids are electrolytes ) could also cause a headache ( among other things ).
If someone were prone to high blood pressure... they may want to avoid this one since the salt could help the body retain water more which could increase the blood pressure. I'd also mention that they don't recommend more than 2300 milligrams of salt a day ( the upper limit, not a daily limit ) and 0.75 of a teaspoon ( just 3/4 of one ) contains about 1500mg of salt... so this amount of salt in one dosage seems excessive.
If you are thinking of trying this one... knock the salt down to probably no more than one teaspoon and probably less would be enough. No reason to potentially increase your BP which could also increase your headache ( mine don't seem to have ever been BP related in my own tests that I've done )