Text 40082, 57 rader
Skriven 2010-07-16 13:38:20 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 40075 av Nancy Backus (1:261/1381.0)
Ärende: Re: mint  was: A dinner party.
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Hi Nancy,

>> Another good use for spearmint and peppermint combined is as a tea,
>> specifically a headache remedy tea...  worked even on a migraine for me
>> once when I absolutely needed to keep going despite... for a rehearsal
>> with a recorder trio...!  I even survived the rehearsal (I was the
>> pianist with them, and somewhat the coach...).

>> Now that's a great thing, that it helped with a migraine.. Ron also

> It made me a believer, for sure.  ;)  One of my sisters had discovered
> it and had been touting it... that day, I figured it was certainly worth
> a try, since I was going to be miserable otherwise... :)

That is really neat.. really glad you mentioned it :)

>> gets those though not so much these days.  For a while those migraines
>> were so dehabilitating.  I didn't want him to take this med for it,
>> immetrex I think was the name, because one of the side effects was
>> "death".. geez.. I love some of these meds (g).  I'll have to try it

> Yeah... the possible side effects are so dire... and often as not, they
> include half or more of the symptoms one is thinking of taking the med
> for in the first place...  But it's so nice when they work as hoped for,
> without the nasty side effects... nice, but rare...  ;)

I know just what you mean.. you hear it all the time in ads for various drugs..
sometimes hearing the same or worse side-effects as symptoms makes you think
twice about a number of drugs.

>> for me as well.  When I am about to get vertigo, I get a warning
>> headache first that is enough to blow your head off (g).

> Maybe you can nip the whole thing in the bud.  :)   At least the tea
> won't do anything dire... and may very well help minimize the fury of
> the headache.

I'm planning on trying it, though the vertigo is caused by nerve damage
(vestibular nerve).. Can't hurt to try the tea though, I drink a lot of tea
anyway :)  Maybe the fact that headache is lessened will help with 'arrival' of
the vertigo.. The way the drug for it works is that you have to be relaxed for
it to work.. in other words, if you are tense about the vertigo (either before
with the headache or after you get vertigo), antivert may not help much. So
that says something I think :)

> Having learned the benefits of the mint, I've even substituted a mint
> milkshake when on the road and not having the tea at hand, when a
> migraine hit en route...  Not quite as miraculous, but it did help
> things simmer down enough to continue the trip...  ;)

That is so neat.. worth trying at least :)

Take care,
Janis

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