What Happened? Tension Headache & Curry ?

[Guest guest]

I was in Hawaii with friends. I was starting to have one of those

neck-tension headaches that turn into migraine with nausea. I was

starting to get the sickest when my host served dinner. It was a

meat curry dish, and I DREADED trying to gag it down, and knew that

I was going to have to go to the ER and get a Toradol shot. I

started to slowly eat the curry meal, and within 10 minutes MOST of

the headache was gone. After 20 minutes, I felt normal and good.

What happened? Was it the TURMERIC or CURRY POWDER or WHAT, that

acted as a strong anti-inflammatory / pain reliever. Even hospital

medication has not helped this completely or fast.

 

BH

[Guest guest]

was it a hot curry? spicy herbs have a vasodilatory effect, and some

kinds of headaches are caused because of blood flow constriction to the

brain, usually secondary to muscular spasm - ginger is commonly used

for this, but others (e.g. chili, pepper) will have a similar effect